Two men from the City of Kawartha Lakes face several charges following the theft of a vehicle in Lindsay early Wednesday morning.
The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service says around 1:30 a.m. officers were notified of a reported vehicle theft from a home on Applewood Crescent. A woman at the residence reported hearing a noise and discovered her vehicle was missing.
Police a short time later located the vehicle travelling on Colborne Street and followed it. The vehicle stopped in the area of Hamilton Street, according to police.
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The driver was arrested and taken into custody. However, police allege that a passenger in the vehicle fled on foot. The passenger was also arrested following a short foot pursuit, police say.
Jamie Edwin Boundy, 30, of Lindsay and John Carl Hickson, 35, of Little Britain were both charged with theft over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime and failure to comply with the conditions of a probation order.
Additionally, Boundy was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified and flight from police.
Both of the accused were held in custody to attend a bail hearing in court in Lindsay later Wednesday.
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