Rosalind Russell
An Espanola business owner is facing a public mischief charge following a false theft report.
On August 15th, the Espanola Police Service were contacted by the manager of a local business reporting an alleged theft of lottery scratch tickets, one of which had been cashed in at another local business.
Police started an investigation and with the assistance of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming commission determined that the scratch tickets had not in fact been stolen from the store, and were still in the store on the date of the initial incident.
Further investigation determined the store owner had been in possession of the alleged stolen tickets after the initial inquiry was conducted by OLG, but had subsequently instructed the manager to report them stolen to police.
As a result of the investigation, a 61-year-old female resident of Markham was charged with the offence of Public Mischief.
She is to appear in Espanola court on October 2nd.