August 28, 2018

Location: Clarence Street

Incident: On Sunday August 26, 2018 just after 1:30 p.m. Brantford Police Service
received a 9-1-1 call reporting the theft of a motor vehicle. The victim
had attended to a business on Clarence Street and left the vehicle running
while he ran inside. When the victim returned his vehicle had been stolen.
Community Patrol Officers responded to and searched the area for the
vehicle. Investigation revealed that an unknown male had gotten into the
vehicle while the victim was inside and drove away. On Monday August
27, 2018 just after 3:30 p.m. Brantford Police Service was contacted by
the Halton Regional Police Service who had located the vehicle with a
male driver. The driver matched the description of the male that had
stolen the vehicle from the business on Clarence Street. The male was
arrested without incident and transported back to Brantford Police Service.
A 23 year old Brantford male has been charged with Theft of Motor
Vehicle under the Criminal Code.