Thunder Bay Police arrest six in property crime spree
Five youths, one adult charged in vehicle thefts and break and enters
Thunder Bay Police have charged six people in connection with a two-month-long property crime spree in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area.
Police said Thursday they arrested a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man on Monday near a stolen vehicle abandoned on Merrill Street following an earlier attempt by police to stop it. The vehicle had been reported missing frm a Hazelwood Drive residence.
Both accused were charged with Possession of Stolen Property over $5,000.
On Wednesday they arrested a 15-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old boy and a 48-year-old man at an apartment on Grenville Avenue, shortly after recovering two more stolen vehicles in the Merrill and Grenville areas.
Police charged the 15-year-old girl with two counts of Possession of Stolen Property Obtained by Crime and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance.
They charged the 16-year-old boy with two counts of Possession of Stolen Property, two counts of Fail to Comply with Undertaking and one count of Obstruct Peace Officer.
The 17-year-old boy is charged with three counts of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, three counts of Breach of Probation, two counts of Fail to Comply with Recognizance and one count each of Carry a Concealed Weapon, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Flight from Police.
The adult male has been charged with two counts of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.