Phone call to police leads to dozens of charges

May 5, 2016 · 0 Comments

A tip to police regarding a car riding with two different licence plates paid off well for Caledon OPP.
Police report they were called to a location on Bramalea Road March 24 to investigate a suspicious vehicle. They were able to find it, and as a result of that information from a Caledon resident, they were able to locate and stop it. Through investigation, it was determined that the vehicle, as well as the front and rear licence plates, had previously been reported stolen.
As a result of the traffic stop, the driver of the vehicle, a 33-year-old man from Brampton was charged with driving while disqualified, failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking given by an officer in charge, and three counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
Further investigation into the traffic stop led to a male passenger within the vehicle, also 33 of Brampton, being charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, three counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, 13 counts of fraud over $5,000, four counts of fraud under $5,000, two counts of identity documents, 17 counts of possession of a credit card, 16 counts of possession of credit card data, and 15 counts of identity theft (obtaining or possessing another person’s identity information).
The founder of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, once stated that “police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.”
Once again, officers from Caledon OPP would like to thank the public for all their assistance in reporting this suspicious activity and crime to them.