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OPP arrest man following rash of Midland break-ins

Joel Stewart, 31, faces charges related to nine separate break-and-enters
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MIDLAND - On Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 members of the Southern Georgian Bay and Orillia OPP Detachment Community Street Crime Units executed a search warrant on a residence in the Town of Midland in relation to the recent rash of business break and enter incidents in Midland.  

As a result of executing this search warrant, 31-year-old Joel Stewart of Midland was arrested and charged with the following offences contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada:

  • 9 counts of Break, Enter a place - commit indictable offence
  • 9 counts of Fail to Comply with Probation Order

The accused has been held for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on Sept. 6, 2019.  

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