Mounties’ homes and detachment vandalized, 2 teens arrested
Friday, April 3, 2009
CBC News [Manitoba]
Two teenagers have been arrested after the homes of two RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] officers were spray-painted and the new police detachment on the Bloodvein First Nation was broken into, vandalized and items stolen.
The teens, 14 and 15 years old, are facing break and enter and mischief charges, according to RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Line Karpish.
The officers’ homes were spray-painted in the early hours of April 1 on the reserve, 250 kilometres north of Winnipeg, while the officers were on duty answering a call.
When they returned to the detachment, which is still under construction, they found it had been broken into and damaged. Several tools belonging to a contractor were also stolen.
With the cooperation of members of the community and the Bloodvein citizen patrol, officers identified suspects and arrested them around 5:45 p.m. on April 1. Most of the stolen property has been recovered, said Karpish.
The teens, who are both from the community, are being held in custody in Bloodvein while an investigation continues into a separate break and enter and theft incident as well as mischief to another Bloodvein residence that same night.
Estimates of the damages to the residences and the detachment were not available, said Karpish.
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