Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP arrests suspect in break and enter
RCMP in Labrador arrested a 31-year-old Happy Valley-Goose Bay man early Thursday morning after responding to a report of a break and enter at a commercial property on Hamilton River Road. A suspect was identified and located nearby, he was taken into custody without incident.
At approximately 1:50 a.m. on September 24, Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP received a call reporting a break and enter discovered at the Royal Canadian Legion on Hamilton River Road. Police attended the scene and observed damaged to a doorway and signs of entry inside. The suspect fled with stolen liquor prior to police arriving on scene.
A search of the building and the area was conducted and the suspect, Joel Peue Rich, 31, was located and arrested nearby without incident.
He was returned to the Happy Valley-Goose Bay detachment and has been charged with breaking and entering a business with intent, theft under $5,000, possessing break-in instruments, disguised with intent to commit an offence and failing to comply with conditions of a probation order.
Rich was expected to appear in court yesterday (Thursday).
The investigation is ongoing.
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