OPP raid in Tay Valley Township recovers stolen copper, crossbow, drugs; two arrested
A warrant executed in Tay Valley Township on Tuesday led to multiple charges against two area residents.
Police say that alleged thefts of copper wire began in the fall of 2024, with numerous incidents of wires being cut and removed as well as a break-in at an industrial building in Perth.
The OPP East Region Community Street Crime Unit, working with the Lanark County Detachment and the OPP Canine unit, executed a warrant at a residence in Tay Valley Township on Tuesday, March 11.
Officers recovered a large amount of copper wire and copper pipes, as well as a crossbow, break and enter tools and a small amount of methamphetamine.
John Pigeon, 34, of Tay Valley Township, has been charged with:
- Possession of stolen property over $5000
- Mischief under $5000
- Possession of break-in instruments
- Fail to comply with a probation order- two counts
- Fail to comply with a release order
- Fail to comply with an undertaking
- Break and enter
- Possession of schedule I substance
Charges have not been proven in court.
Jessica Watson, 22, of Lanark Highlands Township, has been charged with:
· Possession of schedule I substance
· Fail to comply with an undertaking – two counts
Charges have not been proven in court.
Both accused were held for bail and were scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on March 12.