{"id":14909,"date":"2025-01-30T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/6-people-charged-as-police-investigate-increased-butter-thefts-in-ontario\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:16:10","slug":"6-people-charged-as-police-investigate-increased-butter-thefts-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/6-people-charged-as-police-investigate-increased-butter-thefts-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"6 people charged as police investigate increased butter thefts in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div 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\u201cProject Flaherty\u201d was launched to address the alleged thefts and three people have been charged with possession of property obtained by crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police say three others have been charged with theft under $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Peel police say the recent rise in butter thefts represents a 135 per cent increase compared 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