NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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PENETANGUISHENE - OPP are reminding vehicle owners to practise "lock it or lose it" as the festive season approaches after arresting a Penetanguishene man overnight while investigating a vehicle entry and a number of attempted vehicle entries in Penetanguishene.
Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call at 3:44 a.m. Nov. 24, 2021 from a Poyntz Street resident which lead officers to arrest Matthew Cascanette, 22 years of Penetanguishene, who was located attempting to conceal himself under a rear yard deck of a Rogers Road residence.
The accused is charged with the following faces the following Criminal Code of Canada charges:
• failure to comply with release order - other than to attend court
• mischief - destroys or damages property
• theft under $5,000
• trespassing at night
The accused is being held for a bail hearing and will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Midland at a future date.
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