Police seek public assistance in theft of $125,000 generator

Ottawa detectives are looking for public assistance in identifying a suspect vehicle that was involved in the Feb. 9 theft of a mobile generator and trailer estimated to be worth $125,000 from a storage yard in the 2500 block of Carp Road.

West division detectives say suspects got into the property at about 2:25 a.m. by cutting the lock on the gates.

They hitched the generator and trailer to a white heavy duty pickup and left.

The thieves left few clues apart from a grainy security cam shot of the pickup, The plate numbers are unknown.

There is no description of the suspects, police said.

The generator was described as a “multi-coloured” Atlas Copco 330 mobile generator with the company logo of “Temp Gen” on it.

It was on a grey trailer with Ontario licence plate number Z3947H.

Anyone with information as to the identity of these individuals, or other information about this incident, is asked to contact Det. Bradley at 613-236-1222, ext. 2235 or by email at [email protected]

Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca