Northumberland OPP has charged a Havelock-area man with fraud after a reported theft from a vehicle in Trent Hills last month.
Back on July 27, police received a report that a vehicle had been entered on County Road 30 in Trent Hills two days earlier.
The complainant reported that a debit card had been stolen and subsequently used to make a number of fraudulent purchases at businesses in Havelock.
As a result of the investigation, officers identified and arrested one individual last Thursday
Steven Lafonte, 66, of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, has been charged with three counts each of possession of credit card data and fraud under $5,000.
The accused is scheduled to appear in Cobourg Court in November.


