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STOLEN LANDSCAPING TRUCK LEADS TO CHARGES
Prohibited driver charged with impaired operation

LONDON, ON (April 18, 2024) – A Lucan man is facing a number of charges after police recovered a stolen truck.

On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at approximately 2 p.m., a citizen reported a landscaping truck stolen from the area of Arbour Glen Crescent and Kipps Lane.

A short time after the vehicle was reported stolen to police, officers observed it in the south-east end of the city. At approximately 2:30 p.m., a suspect male parked the stolen vehicle on Consortium Court and fled from it on foot. Police officers fled on foot after the suspect male and arrested him in the 1000-block of Adelaide Street South.

A search incident to arrest yielded a quantity of suspected crystal methamphetamine.

Police determined that the accused had attempted to set the stolen vehicle on fire prior to fleeing on foot.

As a result of the investigation, Branden Neeb, 26, of Lucan, has been charged with the following offences:

• Theft of a motor vehicle;
• Impaired operation of a conveyance;
• Operation while prohibited;
• Possession of a Schedule I substance;
• Arson causing damage to property; and
• Dangerous operation of a conveyance.

The accused is expected to re-appear in London court tomorrow, April 19, 2024, in relation to the charges.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.  

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