{"id":225521,"date":"2026-06-18T15:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=225521"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:54:25","slug":"former-construction-site-manager-convicted-in-66k-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/former-construction-site-manager-convicted-in-66k-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Former construction site manager convicted in $66K theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 64-year-old Algonquin Highlands Township man has been fined $5,000 and placed on probation after being convicted of stealing more than $60,000 worth of construction materials from a Muskoka building site.<\/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>Andrew Clayton of Algonquin Highlands Township was sentenced this week in Bracebridge court after being found guilty of theft over $5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that the investigation began on Sept. 30, 2024, when members of the Huntsville OPP received a report from a local business alleging that an employee had stolen more than $60,000 worth of construction materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days later, on Oct. 2, 2024, officers with the Huntsville OPP, assisted by the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit, recovered the stolen property at a location in Haliburton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Edward Carleton found that Clayton had converted approximately $66,000 worth of construction materials to his own use by moving them from a large commercial construction site to his property in the Haliburton area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court heard Clayton had been entrusted with managing the construction site at the time of the offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the proceedings, Clayton maintained that he had permission to take the materials. However, Justice Carleton rejected that claim, finding the theft stemmed from a disagreement and that Clayton took the materials as leverage in a financial dispute involving the owner of another company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim told the court that additional items were taken and never recovered. However, Justice Carleton said there was insufficient evidence to determine that for certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crown sought a sentence of 90 days in jail followed by one year of probation, arguing Clayton had shown no remorse and had provided several different explanations for taking the materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defence counsel requested a conditional discharge and probation, noting Clayton had no prior criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In delivering the sentence, Justice Carleton said the offence had a profound impact on both the business and its owner and stressed the need for denunciation of Clayton\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton was sentenced to a $5,000 fine and 12 months of probation.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 64-year-old Algonquin Highlands Township man has been fined $5,000 and placed on probation after being convicted of stealing more than $60,000 worth of construction materials from a Muskoka building [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":221086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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