Man charged after Iqaluit break-ins
Iqaluit RCMP says crimes happened between January and August of this year
Police says they’ve charged a 30-year-old man with three counts of break and enter and committing an indictable offence, theft under $5,000, assault with and possession of a weapon, and possession of break-in instruments. (File photo)
A man has been charged following a string of break and enters in Iqaluit this year.
RCMP in Iqaluit charged a 30-year-old man with three counts of break and enter and committing an indictable offence, theft under $5,000, assault with and possession of a weapon, and possession of break-in instruments.
The break and enters allegedly happened on six separate occasions between January and August this year, RCMP said in a press release Wednesday.
He will remain in custody until a future court appearance.
The Iqaluit RCMP thanked the public for assisting them in identifying and arresting him.
The man is among a handful of others who have also been charged with break and enters this year in Iqaluit.
In late January, police charged two men, 32 and 40, with break and enter offenses following a string of robberies.
I want to say thank you to the RCMP for your work on this, and hopefully the judicial system will do their part in reducing crime in Iqaluit.
I came to Iqaluit for a job in 2015. I’m not going to say where I work, but I’ll say that we do get sealift, and we do have warehouses. In 2015, you could leave seacans with just a wire seal on them, for days even, and nothing would be touched. The buildings would not be touched.
Frankly, I’m not sure what’s changed. The cost of living maybe? New people in the community? More substance abuse, and the problems associated with that? But even in my short time here, I have seen a big change. We’ve been broken into several times. We can no longer even leave a sea can with a lock on it, or it gets broken into. This results in a shortages of material, which means it needs to be flown in, which means prcies go up. It’s the old adage: crime impacts everyone.
Good job RCMP. I know you guys are stretched and doing the best that you can.