Orillia OPP use GPS to track down stolen construction equipment

Aug 23, 2021 ptlsugd

A 26-year-old London man is charged after Orillia OPP used a GPS tracker to find a stolen trailer and skid-steer loader.

Officers recovered the stolen goods, valued at more than $100,000, after they learned a tow truck was hauling the construction equipment north on Hwy. 400 Sept. 26.

The GPS tracker was installed in the equipment.

Officers pulled over the tow truck on Hwy. 11 south of Orillia in Oro-Medonte.

The suspect was charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and released on a promise to appear in Orillia court Nov. 24.

By shlf