{"id":935033,"date":"2026-10-16T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/935033\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:52:18","slug":"brampton-delivery-driver-charged-with-several-counts-of-fraud-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/935033\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton delivery driver charged with several counts of fraud: OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OPP say the accused stole personal property belonging to a Shelburne resident on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 24-year-old Brampton man is facing multiple charges after a theft and fraud investigation in Shelburne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dufferin police say the investigation began Tuesday when a delivery driver allegedly took personal property from a resident\u2019s home while delivering parcels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers allege the stolen items were later used to make multiple unauthorized purchases at gas stations, hardware and retail stores. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A day later, around 4:40 p.m., police received information that people believed to be connected to the investigation were in the Main Street area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers tracked down two men in a white cargo delivery van and pulled the vehicle over. Both were arrested at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One man has been charged with theft under $5,000, four counts of fraud under $5,000, four counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He also faces charges for failing to surrender a driver\u2019s licence, improper tires and driving with cannabis readily available. He is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The second man was released without charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OPP say the accused stole personal property belonging to a Shelburne resident on Tuesday. A 24-year-old Brampton man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-935033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}