Sometimes criminals are clever, other times not so much.
Yesterday (April 4th), officers from Central Hastings OPP responded to the theft of a motor vehicle from a residence off of Highway 62 in Centre Hastings.
Later, police received a call from a man requesting a tow truck because his vehicle had run out of gas.
Police arrived at the location given by the caller, County Road 14 and Wallbridge Loyalist Road in Quinte West, to find the vehicle abandoned and determined it had been stolen.
Two hours later, police located a man walking on Wallbridge Loyalist Road who they arrested.
A 35-year-old man from Centre Hastings is charged with theft of a motor vehicle, driving while under suspension, and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000. He was held for bail court on April 5th in Belleville.
