OPP officials allege: Police are investigating a theft from a business in Petrolia.

On July 10, 2025, at approximately 8:15 p.m., an unknown individual arrived at a business on Fletcher Street in the town of Petrolia, riding an e-bike style scooter. The individual entered the business and attempted to purchase alcohol. When the transaction could not be completed, the individual left the store without paying for the items.

The suspect fled the scene on the e-bike scooter.

Photos of the suspect have been attached for reference.

The investigation is continuing.

Lambton OPP is asking anyone who may recognize the individual or who may have information related to this incident to contact police at 1-888-310-1122.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can submit a tip through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.p3tips.com, where you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2000.

It has been an incredibly active time for law enforcement in the City of Newburgh in recent weeks. In these recent weeks, City of Newburgh Police have responded to multiple shooting incidents detected by ShotSpotter technology in the city, each of these incidents resulting in arrests.

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Now City of Newburgh Police are adding “Burglary Ring” busting to their list of recent accomplishments following an investigation that lead to the arrest of three individuals.

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City of Newburgh reportedly had been investigating this burglary ring for a “lengthy” amount of time prior to the announcement that three suspects had been arrested in the investigation.

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According to the press release issued by the City of Newburgh Police via their official Facebook page, the suspects had orchestrated multiple commercial robberies of a business located on Pierces Road in the City of Newburgh. The suspects had targeted the particular business and had managed to steal several thousand dollars’ worth of high-end electronics.

After stealing the electronics, the suspects then in turn sold the electronics themselves and received cash as well as narcotics as form of payment.

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This brings us to just last week when on January 31, 2025, the City of Newburgh Police made their move. On that day, the three identified suspects were arrested and taken into police custody.

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Those suspects were identified as 36-year old Sean Gaige, 34-year old Samantha Batule, and 37-year old Jonathan Warner. All three suspects are residents of the City of Newburgh.

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Each of the suspects were charged with multiple counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree. The investigation itself was carried out by City of Newburgh Detectives Rude and Ruiz, with assistance from both Officer Espada and Officer Meyer.

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If any individuals possess additional information on the investigation, they may contact Detective Rude at 845-569-7531. Any calls may also remain confidential.

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Former police worker must pay back £100,000

17 July 2025 Share Save Grace Shaw BBC News, Yorkshire Share Save

South Yorkshire Police Jacqueline Fletcher was jailed in 2018 for four counts of theft

A former South Yorkshire Police worker who stole thousands of pounds from the force has been ordered to pay back a further £100,000. Jacqueline Fletcher, 55, of Boundary Walk in Rotherham, was jailed for two years eight months in 2018 for four counts of theft, and told to pay back £47,000. The order has since been reviewed, and a judge at Sheffield Crown Court said on 8 July that Fletcher must pay another £108,256. If she does not pay the total in three months she could be jailed again, police said.

Fletcher worked in Attercliffe Police Station’s property store and in 2013 a “large amount of cash” was seized during a police investigation, the force said. Fletcher said she counted and banked the money for the force but she actually banked £98,500 to her own account with £1,500 into the force account. She left the force in 2015.

Google Part of Fletcher’s role at the property store at Attercliffe Police Station in Sheffield was to manage cash

The theft came to light in summer 2017, police said, when a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigation connected to the seized money requested the cash but it could not be found. An investigation was launched by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU) and Fletcher was told to pay £47,000. Police said the original 2018 order had been reconsidered and Fletcher must now pay the extra sum calculated from assets acquired since the first confiscation order. If she fails to pay in three months she could face a 12-month prison sentence. Det Supt James Axe, the force’s head of professional standards, said police employees should behave “professionally, honestly and with integrity” but “Fletcher showed none of these traits” and had “behaved disgracefully”. He said the money recovered by YHROCU’s “vital work” means more money is secured for community grants and police training so criminals cannot keep benefitting.

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