Strathroy-Caradoc Police looking into a firearms investigation. On Wednesday June 9th, there was a report of a Break and Enter to a home on Beattie Street in Strathroy-Caradoc. Several Firearms, ammunition and other hunting weapons were taken from the home. Strathroy-Caradoc Police investigated the incident and one of the two suspects involved was identified as John Amaral, a 42-year-old man from London. He was arrested and charged with multiple offenses. There was a second male suspect involved who is still outstanding described as a male, white, tall in his 30’s. This male was seen getting out of the passenger’s side of an older model grey Ford Sedan. Visit our website for more details and if you have any information regarding this incident please contact local Police or Crime Stoppers.
Offenses include:
· CC 98(1)(b) Break & Enter a place and steal a firearm
· CC 117.01(1) Poss of Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order X 2
· CC 320.18(1)(a) Operation While Prohibited under the Criminal Code
· CC 91(1) Unauthorized Poss of a Firearm
· CC 92(1) Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
If anyone was a witness to this incident or has any information about this incident or the suspect still outstanding, please contact Detective Constable WRIGHT at the Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service Criminal Investigations Division at (519) 245-1250 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to www.londoncrimestoppers.com