NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On March 23, 2023 shortly after 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Hutchison Avenue in Elliot Lake and arrested a person in relation to a previous fraud and theft investigation.
On Nov. 24, 2022, police responded to a theft of cash complaint from the North Shore township municipal office. Investigation determined there was an issue with municipality cash not being deposited. Over $6,500 in cash was missing between September 2022 and November 2022. In addition, there was a false payment and forged receipt for the same amount in an employee's property tax account.
As a result, Jennifer Mussche, 39 years of age from Spragge (within the Township of the North Shore), was charged with:
• Criminal breach of trust
• Make forged document
• Mischief to computer data - destroys or alters
• Theft under $5,000 (four counts)
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on May 1, 2023.
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