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By Ashley Legassic

BREAK AND ENTERS

Police in the Shuswap investigating several break-and-enters over past month

Sep 27, 2019 | 12:07 PM

CHASE, B.C. — Police in the Shuswap are investigating after several reported break-ins and thefts in the region during September.

According to Chase RCMP, on Sept. 2, the detachment received a report of a theft of three bicycles from a home on Pine Grove Road in Scotch Creek.

The bikes were left on the patio unlocked, and were taken by unknown suspects.

The bicycles are described as:

• Light grey with light blue text “Rockhopper sport” men’s hard tail
• Dark blue frame with peach text “Rockhopper” women’s hard tail
• Child’s light blue with yellow text “Rip Rock Comp 24” hard tail

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On Sept. 12, Chase RCMP received a report of RVs parked near the Art Holding Memorial Arena on Shepherd Road in Chase being broken into.

Sometime overnight, unknown suspects broke into several RVs causing minor damage and stealing miscellaneous items.

On Sept. 16, police say they received a report of a break and enter to a cabin on Hudson Road in Anglemont. The owner had returned after being away for a month to find his cabin and shed had been entered.

Suspects stole several items including a Stihl chainsaw, a 2008 Kawasaki KLX 400 and three antique firearms.

The firearms are described as an older British WWII .303 rifle, an 1869 Winchester Lever action rifle, and an older .22 rifle made mostly of plastic.

On Sept. 17, police received a report of a shed being broken into on William Brown Road in Magna Bay, Suspects broke a lock to the shed and stole a Craftsman snow thrower, a Craftsman 9hp mulcher-chipper-shredder, and a gas-powered water pump.

In the overnight hours of Sept. 26, unknown suspects pried open a door to enter a garage to a home on First Avenue in Chase.

A Kawasaki KX100 dirt bike, a Honda CR250 dirt bike, a laptop, a Simmons pressure washer, and numerous hand tools and cordless tools were stolen.

Anyone with information on any of these crimes is asked to call the Chase detachment at (250) 679-3221 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.