Halifax District RCMP arrest youth for a series of car breaks in the Sunset Ridge subdivision.
From November 24th to November 26th, over a dozen residents reported overnight thefts from their vehicles parked in their driveways on Wakefield, Avebury and Barnsley Court, Beaconsfield Way and Hanwell Drive.
On Wednesday, November 26th, Halifax District RCMP arrested a Middle Sackville 16 year-old youth responsible for these thefts. Officers from Lower Sackville laid five counts of theft under $5,000. The youth has been released from custody on strict conditions including a curfew that extends from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. He is to appear in Youth Court Halifax on January 8th, 2015.
The RCMP is committed to keeping our communities safe, however we require the assistance of the public to prevent crime. If the public has any information on this incident or information on other crimes, please contact any RCMP Detachment, local police or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or by a Secure Web Tips at www.crimesstoppers.ns.ca. Calls to Crime Stoppers are not taped or traced and if police make an arrest and lay charges based on a tip, callers qualify for a cash award.
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