REGINA – Regina police say they have arrested a 36-year-old male and charged him in relation to a series of break and enters to apartment buildings and subsequent thefts from mailboxes.
Through investigation and video surveillance, reports the Regina Police Service, a Lake Alma, Sask., man was identified as the suspect and is charged with four counts of break and enter and commit theft, four counts of possession of break and enter tools and theft under $5,000.
The first incident occurred on Nov. 5, 2024 at an apartment building in the 2700 block of 5th Avenue North. Someone entered the apartment, pried open mailboxes and stole several pieces of mail.
Then, on Nov. 8, 2024, an apartment building in the 2900 block of Avonhurst Drive was targeted. Witnesses reported hearing noises in the mailbox area and when they entered the space to investigate, they came across a male suspect attempting to use a screwdriver to break into the mailboxes. The suspect immediately fled the scene.
Roughly two months later, on Jan. 14, a male suspect walked up to the front of a residence in the 800 block of Robinson Street and removed all of the mail from the mailbox.
On Jan. 16, an apartment building in the 2000 block of 9th Avenue North was entered. Numerous mailboxes were pried open by a male suspect and several pieces of were mail stolen.
Five days later, on Jan. 21, the same apartment building in the 2900 block of Avonhurst Drive was entered. A male suspect used a screwdriver to open several mailboxes, was confronted by a witness and fled the scene.
