{"id":213991,"date":"2026-01-18T19:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=213991"},"modified":"2026-01-18T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:03:10","slug":"grocery-store-swindler-racks-up-29th-theft-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/grocery-store-swindler-racks-up-29th-theft-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery store swindler racks up 29th theft conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 60-year-old Scarborough man has been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to multiple counts of theft stemming from a string of shoplifting incidents across Gravenhurst.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gy\u00f6rgy Lakatos appeared in court where it was revealed that on Sept. 8, 2025, Bracebridge OPP were called to a shoplifting complaint at Shoppers Drug Mart. Store surveillance footage showed Lakatos loading $2,521 worth of baby formula into a wheeled black bag. Later that same day, police received another call from Sobeys, where Lakatos had stolen approximately $1,200 worth of baby formula. At the time, he was already on probation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that on Sept. 16, 2025, OPP responded to another theft at Your Independent Grocer. Lakatos was identified through CCTV footage stealing $2,013 worth of baby formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct. 7, 2025, police were again called to Sobeys for a theft in progress. Lakatos was caught stealing $2,000 worth of beauty products. Further investigation revealed that earlier that same day, he had also stolen $1,646 worth of baby formula from Shoppers Drug Mart, as confirmed through video evidence reviewed by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crown noted that Lakatos has more than 20 prior convictions for theft under $5,000, arguing that the stolen baby formula was not taken out of personal necessity but for profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have been wreaking havoc across the province for the past five years,\u201d the presiding justice remarked while reviewing Lakatos\u2019 criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakatos was sentenced to six months in jail, followed by three years of probation. 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