Twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Keats of Bonavista is facing multiple additional charges following an investigation by Bonavista RCMP into a break and enter and multiple thefts of liquor in the community.

In the early hours of September 9, 2023, Keats was arrested in relation to multiple breaches of his court-imposed release conditions imposed just days prior, including a requirement to be on a curfew and to leave Bonavista within 24 hours of his release from custody on September 6, 2023.  He was charged with five counts of Breach of a Judicial Release Order.

In addition, an investigation by Bonavista RCMP into a break and enter at a local restaurant and two thefts from convenience stores resulted in the following charges:

• Break and Enter

• Theft under $5000 (two counts)
• Possession of property obtained by crime
• Possession of a break-in instrument
• Mischief – damage to property
• Public Mischief
• Breach of Judicial Release Order (three counts)

 Keats was remanded into custody to appear in court on September 11, 2023 in Clarenville.