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Snowbanks foil alleged coat thief in Gravenhurst

Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a local man after a shoplifting incident in Gravenhurst.

On December 1, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. Bracebridge OPP officers were dispatched to a theft in progress after a man was caught stealing a quantity of heated coats from a retail store on Muskoka Road North in Gravenhurst. Officers arrived and located the man after he had dropped the items and lost a shoe attempting to flee through a snowbank. Police have charged 52-year-old Raymond LEIGH of Port Sydney with Theft Under $5000 CC 334(b). He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on January 16, 2024 to answer to his charge.

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