Three Brampton men, aged 49, 29 and 25, have been caught stealing $1,000 worth of butter from a grocery store in the south end of Guelph, Ont..They were arrested and charged with theft under $5,000. One man faces further charges for giving police a false name, per CTV Kitchener. One of them faces an additional charge for obstructing a police officer by giving a false name. “They have had their holiday baking plans interrupted,” police said in a press release afterwards, having responded to a call at about 4 p.m. local time Christmas Eve of three men entangled in a butter heist. When police arrived on-scene, they saw two men leave the store with a case of butter in a cart. They swiftly got in a car and drove away, while a third man was still at the grocery store. Police found the two men in the vehicle at another grocery store parking lot nearby and arrested them. Meanwhile, a witness at the first store told police they saw the third man duck out of the store and ditch a cart outside, per CTV.Police located the cart and found more stolen butter — adding up to a total of 144 bricks of butter and 17 containers of ghee recovered from the attempted theft. The three men have been released and will face future court dates.
Three Brampton men, aged 49, 29 and 25, have been caught stealing $1,000 worth of butter from a grocery store in the south end of Guelph, Ont..They were arrested and charged with theft under $5,000. One man faces further charges for giving police a false name, per CTV Kitchener. One of them faces an additional charge for obstructing a police officer by giving a false name. “They have had their holiday baking plans interrupted,” police said in a press release afterwards, having responded to a call at about 4 p.m. local time Christmas Eve of three men entangled in a butter heist. When police arrived on-scene, they saw two men leave the store with a case of butter in a cart. They swiftly got in a car and drove away, while a third man was still at the grocery store. Police found the two men in the vehicle at another grocery store parking lot nearby and arrested them. Meanwhile, a witness at the first store told police they saw the third man duck out of the store and ditch a cart outside, per CTV.Police located the cart and found more stolen butter — adding up to a total of 144 bricks of butter and 17 containers of ghee recovered from the attempted theft. The three men have been released and will face future court dates.
