(THESSALON)- Shoplifter and getaway driver attempt to evade police.

On December 4, 2024, at approximately 2:45 p.m., officers from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft of liquor at the liquor store on Main Street in the Town of Thessalon.

The investigation revealed that the suspect entered the liquor store, took several bottles of liquor without attempting to pay, and walked out. The individual then fled northbound on Main Street in a getaway car.



While patrolling, police spotted the suspect white car traveling westbound on Highway 17 near Jarrett Road. When officers attempted to follow the vehicle, the driver tried to evade police, speeding dangerously while overtaking other westbound vehicles.

The white car then turned off Highway 17 onto Waltonen Road which leads to a dead-end (east of Bruce Mines). Officers located the white car parked on the road with two individuals inside. Both suspects were arrested at the scene.

Police also found four bottles of liquor hidden in a snowbank, which the suspects had attempted to conceal from the officers.

Mandeep BRAR, 23 years old from Brampton, was charged with:

Theft under $5000-Shoplifting
Possession property obtained by crime under $5000
The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Video Bail in Blind River on December 5, 2024.

The driver, Statlinjit SINGH, 30 years-old from Niagara Falls, was charged with:

Theft under $5000-Shoplifting
Possession property obtained by crime under $5000
Dangerous operation
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on February 6, 2025.

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