Man charged in connection with 2 shoplifting incidents in Orillia, Ont.

A 30-year-old man has been charged in connection with two shoplifting incidents in Orillia, Ont., on Wednesday and Thursday, OPP say.

On Wednesday at about 5 p.m., police say a man stole items from a Mississaga Street business and left the store. Officers searched the area for the man, whose identity was known, but didn’t locate him at that time.

The next day, just before 3:30, officers received another call regarding the same man shoplifting from a Murphy Road business.

Again, the man had left the store before police arrival, but responding officers were able to find him nearby.

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Police arrested the suspect and recovered the stolen items at the scene.

Gary Powell, 30, from Orillia, was subsequently charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and two counts of failure to comply with a probation order.

Powell was held for a bail hearing on Jan. 15 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie.

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