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Sarnia man jailed for stealing police ‘bait bike’

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Jeremy Penney , 37 , has been jailed for three months for various offences including stealing a bicycle police intentionally left out to tempt would-be thieves.

Police had deployed a “bait bike’s program in response to citizen complaints about bicycle thefts.

Penney has a prior criminal record, including six convictions of theft and two for possessing unauthorized weapons.

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