A thief that stole a skid steer and trailer didn't know that the owner had installed a GPS tracker on his equipment.
OPP say they have arrested and charged a man after a GPS tracker helped them locate and stop a vehicle in the Township of Oro-Medonte.
On September 26, shortly before 10 a.m., OPP officers were made aware that a tow truck hauling a stolen skid steer, and pulling a stolen trailer, was travelling northbound on Highway 400. It was reported that the skid steer was being tracked using a GPS device that was installed in the equipment.
Officers located the vehicle on Highway 11, south of Orillia, and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was arrested and, as a result of the ongoing investigation, over $100,000 of stolen property was recovered.
Mitchel MacDonald, 26, of London, ON, has been charged with two counts of "Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000."
MacDonald was released on an undertaking and is set to appear on November 24, at the Ontario Court of Justice, Orillia.
