North Bay OPP have charged a Bonfield man after investigating several incidents since February in that community.
On February 4, officers received a call about someone failing to pay for gas from a business in Bonfield.
On March 11, they received a call about a possible stolen vehicle. Officers began an investigation and found a side-by-side that had been stolen from Jocko Point, Nipissing First Nation, in 2018.
On March 29, police conducted an investigation and found that the accused had driven a vehicle while suspended and prohibited.
On April 4, police received a call about a vehicle in Bonfield. When officers located the vehicle, they found that the plates and validation had been altered.
As a result of these multiple police investigations, Neville Wright, 48, of Bonfield, has been charged with:
- Possession of property obtained by crime
- Operations while prohibited
- Theft under $5,000
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Use an altered plate
- Use an altered validation
- Permit use of plate not authorized for vehicle
- Driving while under suspension
Wright has been released on a summons' to attend court at the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay.
Anyone with information about property crimes is asked to call North Bay OPP at or call Crime Stoppers at (8477).
