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A man who made Sarnia police’s wanted list has been arrested and is being held at the Sarnia Jail, but may not remain in custody pending a bail hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

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Braeden Fletcher, 24, was featured in Sarnia Police’s Wanted Wanted Wednesday social media campaign last week. Police said he was wanted on charges of fraud over $5,000 and failure to appear in court.

He also recently failed to appear at a trial, which had to be rescheduled.

Police included a photo of Fletcher wearing a gray hoodie and asked anyone who knows where he is to contact them, but also warned them not to approach or try to catch anyone wanted by police.

Later that day, there was some confusion on social media that Fletcher was the target as the Sarnia Police Emergency Response Team. pulled over a vehicle at Russell and Durand streets.

“Buddy is only wanted for fraud and failure to appear so I don’t see the need for full SWAT on him,” one person responded to a Facebook post about the police presence in the area at the time.

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A Facebook account associated with Fletcher responded to the comment: “No it wasn’t me.” Another person chimed in, saying: “I wouldn’t be happy if they got you one day, I’m sure.” Fletcher’s account replied, “Yes, they will when I surrender tomo.”

It’s unclear if Fletcher turned himself in or was caught by police, but he was brought into a Sarnia courtroom in handcuffs Monday afternoon. Wearing a gray hoodie as he sat in the prisoner’s box, he was held in custody and forbidden to speak to a person, a plaintiff in one of his cases. All his charges have been postponed to Wednesday, when he is expected to have a bail hearing.

Fletcher faces four sets of charges in Sarnia, one each from 2022 and 2023 and two from this year.

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