On January 15, 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service 6 District (Port Colborne / Wainfleet) uniform officers and NRPS Marine Unit officers attended the marina area near H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park in Port Colborne for a theft in progress call for service. The NRPS had received reports of two suspects stealing wire/cable.
Marine Unit officers arrested two males that had ventured out onto the ice on bicycles and went to the Lake Erie break wall. The males were seen stripping wire/cable from the break wall.
Timothy Charles Pye (45 yrs.) of Port Colborne was arrested and charged with the Criminal Code offences of:
Theft Over $5000 Fail to Comply with a Probation Order
Stephen Grant Kelly (52 yrs.) of Welland was arrested and charged with the Criminal Code offences of:
Theft Over $5000 Possession of Break-in Instruments Fail to Comply with Probation
Pye and Kelly were held in custody for a video bail hearing to the Robert S. K. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines on January 16, 2025.
A damage estimate has not been fully determined.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the investigating officers by calling 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1023200 reference incident number #25-5051.
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25-5051
Original Release – CLICK HERE – January 15, 2025