OPP look for a driver after accident on Petrolia Line
OPP looking for man after car wash change machine cracked open
July 31, 2025
Lambton OPP are looking for a man they believe broke into a change machine at a Petrolia car wash.
OPP say on July 24, around 3 pm, a man with a small build, dark brown and white goatee and carrying a backpack, damaged the change machine at Aqua Shine and then took money from the machine. He left the scene immediately.
If you saw anything or have information about the person police are searching for, you’re asked to contact Lambton OPP.
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