A City of Winnipeg worker has been arrested and will be charged with theft after police found $8,500 worth of city-owned scrap metal at a St. Adolphe home. Winnipeg police started investigating the theft of city property on April 12, Const Rob Carver said Tuesday. Police searched a St. Adolphe home on April 19 and found the $8,500 worth of city property, Carver said, describing the property as a decommissioned fire hydrant, copper wire and propane tanks. Police went public with the pending charge due to recent attention paid to city employees, he added. Carver reminded the public the city's fraud-and-waste hotline can be used to report suspected theft, fraud or other inappropriate behaviour.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2019 16:18 UTC