Man charged with 69 break-in offences in break and enter spree

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Sixty-nine break-in-related costs have been laid after over $130,000 property was allegedly stolen because of a nine-month break and enter spree, Winnipeg Police mentioned.

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Between January and September, over a dozen residences within the Southwest space of the town, in addition to the Southeast and William Whyte neighbourhoods, had been victimized police mentioned Tuesday. A complete of 4 residences, three garages and a couple of dozen automobiles had been damaged into with jewellery, bicycles, and two automobiles stolen.

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Quite a few wallets containing identification and financial institution playing cards had been additionally taken from the automobiles with the financial institution playing cards later used to make purchases at varied shops.

Among the many break-ins had been no less than two in a apartment residence within the 800 block of Waverley Avenue in early September, together with one the place an aged resident was sleeping inside on the time.

Final Wednesday at round 3:30 a.m., officers had been responding to a attainable break-in at an house within the 300 block of Stradbrook Avenue when an grownup male was noticed unloading property from what turned out to be a stolen car into the constructing. When police arrived, he bumped into the constructing however was subsequently taken into custody, the place his id was found, and excellent warrants got here to mild.

The Property Crimes Unit took over the investigation, and a search warrant was executed on a collection inside the block on Stradbrook, the place about $35,000 value of instruments, bicycles, wallets, varied stolen id paperwork and shotgun ammunition was seized.

A 35-year-old Winnipeg man was charged with break-in and property-related offences and detained in custody.

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