Police have charged a Fort McMurray man with breaking right into a enterprise in downtown Fort McMurray.
Wooden Buffalo RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Lacey Blair mentioned there have been 20 break-ins reported in Fort McMurray through the previous 35 days. She couldn't touch upon whether or not the break-ins are related.
Blair mentioned a safety alarm despatched officers to Co-operators-Stephen Home Company Inc. on Franklin Avenue on Saturday round 1:04 a.m. Police discovered the entrance window of the enterprise had been smashed. A police canine was used to trace a suspect to a house close to the enterprise.
Steven Linthorne, 49, has been charged with break-and-enter and theft underneath $5,000. Linthorne was launched from custody and is scheduled to seem in Fort McMurray Provincial Courtroom on Feb. 9.
Anybody with details about this incident or felony exercise in Wooden Buffalo is requested to contact Wooden Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4040 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Tricks to Crime Stoppers are at all times nameless and may be despatched to tipsubmit.com.
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