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Four charged after B&E at shuttered institution

Police responded to a call at the former Muskoka Centre property in Gravenhurst where entry had been gained and items were removed
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File photo supplied by the Ontario Provincial Police

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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GRAVENHURST – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a complaint about trespassers on the former Muskoka Centre property in Gravenhurst on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 at noon.

This property is closed with signs posted and is off limits to members of the public. The buildings have been secured and windows boarded up.

Officers arrived to find that several of the boards had been removed, entry had been gained into one of the buildings and items were being removed. Three of four suspects were located and police arrested and charged 20 year-old Brad Tunney of Acton, 18 year-old Jillian Annett of Caledon, and 18-year-old Sean Laws of Georgetown, each with:

  • Break, enter a place with intent CC 348(1)(a),
  • Possession of break in instruments CC 351(1),
  • Mischief CC 430(1)(a),
  • Theft under $5000 CC 334(b) and;
  • Fail to comply with probation CC 733.1(1).

The fourth suspect, who was later identified as 21-year-old Jamie Hilts of Halton Hills, turned himself in on Nov. 9, 2020 and has been similarly charged.

All four accused persons will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Jan. 12, 2021 to answer to their charges.

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