Crash and enter

Eliyah Jonah, 29, was sentenced to two years less a day after pleading guilty to a string of break and enter, theft and forgery charges.

Jonah paid himself close to $20,000 in forged cheques. The cheques were stolen from Narwhal Plumbing, the Francophone Association and Baffin Flowers and Gifts over the past two years.

Jonah also stole two vehicles and rammed them into the Iqaluit Liquor warehouse this past February. Once inside the building, he took 24 bottles of alcohol. The RCMP have since seized the booze.

Concrete barriers were placed in front of the warehouse deter similar incidents, the court heard.

Jonah blamed alcohol for his problems and apologized for his behavior.