A Squamish man with a previous record of criminal activity is facing charges in connection with a pair of incidents that occurred last week in North Yards.
On Thursday (Jan. 27) at 6 a.m., a woman living in the 37900 block of Government Road reported seeing a man breaking into her shed, Squamish RCMP Staff Sgt. Guy Pollock said in a statement.
The woman recognized the man and police went to his home and arrested him for breach of conditions that were imposed on him as a result of a previous offence. He also faces charges of break, enter and theft as a result of the incident.
On Thursday at 7:40 a.m., police received another report of the theft of tools, sunglasses and loose change from a vehicle in the same area. Police spoke to the man who was arrested earlier for the shed break-in and he admitted to having stolen the items from the vehicle the previous evening, Pollock said.
Police then obtained a search warrant, and a search of the man's home located the stolen items. Officers are recommending that a charge of theft be added to the other charges. A hearing with a judicial Justice of the Peace was done and the man was ordered to be held in custody and was transported to court the following day. Pollock said. Results of that court appearance were unavailable.
Gasoline thief nabbed
Police arrested a male in connection with the alleged theft of gasoline from a vehicle parked along Cottonwood Road in Brackendale on the weekend.
On Thursday at 1:15 a.m., Squamish RCMP received a report of three males acting suspiciously in the 41700 block of Government Road. When police drove by, two of the males hid while a third walked down the road with a gerry can, Pollock said.
Officers the patrolled the area and found a male siphoning gas from a vehicle along Cottonwood Road. He was arrested for theft under $5,000 and released on a promise to appear in court.
Pollock couldn't immediately say whether the incident might be connected to other recent thefts of gasoline, including one incident on Jan. 17 in which five vehicles parked in a lot along Government Road in Brackendale were found with their fuel doors open.
