On June 13, 2016, members of the East Algoma OPP with the assistance of the East Algoma Crime Unit, responded to a theft of cash and gift cards at senior’s building on Hudson Street in Blind River.
Police began an investigation when an elderly female complained that she noticed there was over $150 in cash and gift cards missing from her wallet after a Personal Support Worker (PSW) had been in her apartment on June 10.
As a result of the investigation, Danielle Lafrance, 26 years of age, from Blind River, was arrested and charged with:
- Theft Under $5,000, and
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000.