: Peninsula News. Review 2 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW Sidney/North Saanich RCMP have arrested and charged a 35-year-old male in connection with two re- cent residential break and enter incidents. Robert Allen Kelly. ap- peared in court on charges of break, enter and posses- sion of stolen property after a pair of thefts —- August 21 and 25 — in Sidney. He was remanded in custody to the vancouver Island Correc- tional Centre until a court appearance scheduled for today. : Kelly was originally ar- rested last Tuesday, August 24, by Victoria police and was found in possession of ~ jewellery that. was subse- quently identified as coming from a Sidney. break-in on August 21. No charges were laid at the time, however, and he was released from. “custody on the same day. -- When Sidney RCMP fol- ‘ lowed. up with search war- .. “rants ata Sidney residence where Kelly was believed to have been residing, they re- covered in excess of $5,000 © ~ worth. of: jewellery, com-_ puter equipment and other — property. Some of the property was later identified as coming from an August 25 — the day ,after he was_ originally picked up in Victoria and re-- leased — break-in to a Sid- : ney residence. According to Sidney/— North. Saanich - Sergeant Wayne Conley, the recent thefts are part of busy break and enter summer for the local RCMP detachment. © “We've had. a lot of thefts,” said Conley. “Break- in crime ‘is up for us: this summer.” - The arrest comes on the heels of last week’s recov- ery of $20,000 worth of stolen merchandise recov- ered from various locations -in-North Saanich over the past few months. Conley said the two inci- dents were unrelated. kak Sidney/ North Saanich RCMP made an arrest for theft _ Thursday after a local resident "advised them ofa possible theft in progress at a business on Macdonald Park Road. “The | concerned © *Gteen called police after observing aw a male carrying a canoe oe through = ° Oak Barrel Aging © Cold Conditioning @ * Champagnes — © Fresh & Frozen Juices te Clean, ‘Spac cious Facilities START. YOUR WINES Now FOR CHRISTMAS BREW ON! PREMISE) cemmiananianlen ! STATION qe 2- 7816 East Saanich Road | NEWS Wednesday, September 1, 1999 a fence and loading it into a pick-up truck. The truck was located a short distance away and found to contain two new canoes. The driver of the truck, a 36-year- old male from Victoria, was ar- rested for theft. It was also de- termined that the license plates being used on the vehicle had been reported stolen in Victo- ria earlier on the same day. The male was released, with a first court appearance scheduled | for October 4, 1999. rt On August 24 a resident of the 2000 block of Melville Drive reported a chainsaw. was stolen from a shed in the yard overnight. wae | A break-and enter in the 600 block of Wain Road was | reported to police when res- _-idents ‘returned .to~ their: es home August 24 after being. away. for more :than: 24. ‘hours: Missing was: stereo. -equipment,. including a CD 65 32 - 6939 1 ptm armen ments Nes oe: ein a rmsterer 4 mhe ef SPN Mahte mmAe Yar OAM mem Hm er RRceN Kn SIORR MFA Hn same aH A mated at $1,000 in value. xkk Another break-and-enter "was reported on August 26, but police say it was some- what unusual because the victims were. sleeping in their home at the time of the robbery. The house — lo- cated in the 9400 block of Eastbrook Drive — was en- tered between 3:30 and 6:30 a.m. while the residents were sleeping. A purse and a wallet containing credit cards and an undisclosed amount of cash were re- ported missing from the kitchen area, kkk A craftsman, _ self-pro- “-pelled lawn mower was re- ported: missing from the. ~ 8700 block of West Saanich Road on August 26. Owners believed ‘the mower. —-val-: ued at. $500. —'may have been missing as long as four: POLAR TEC - FLEECE’. . “from Malden Mills. Too: much to list! On sale now... f VELOUR VELVET STRETCH VELVET On Sale Now $5? a Now 56”, JOGGING FLEECE Now - while it lasts 60" ory Fleeco ~ FROM = DONT FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR FALL CLASS SCHEDULE = OVER 59 CLASSES TO CHOOSE FROM, MANY BRAND NEW CLASSES 5 player and speakers, esti-' NFINAL WEEK! DISCOUNT CRAFT AND: DECORATOR SUPPLIES “ww BQ" OFF . _ AS LOW AS $2”. KNITTING YARN Selected, Buy Two Get TFREE 1 FREE TPREE soy 0? | . days before its absence was noticed. kek ~ Astorage unit at an apart- ment building in. the 9800 block of Second Street in Sidney was broken into sometime on August 26. A $500 keyboard was re- ported stolen. KKK, A break-and-enter at the Jones CE Nursery on Kan-: ishay Road August 27: re- sulted in minor. damage af- ter would-be thieves broke the locks to enter two sepa- rate buildings overnight. Nothing. was discovered missing but police said peo- ple sometime break into nurseries . searching. for lights’ and equipment: to help establish some form of _ illegal grow operation:. eke A ground-level apartment in the 2200 block of James . -White Boulevard was: bro- ~.Ken into. while occupants — -. Slept during the early morn- “ing of August 27. Thieves. may have entered through an unlocked door and made off with a purse containing credit cards and a Palm-Pi- lot computer valued at $700. kek Police responded to a bizarre break-and-enter call - in the 9900 block of Fourth Avenue in Sidney at 1 a.m. August 27 and arrested 20- year-old Jason Edward Veld -. for break, enter and theft. 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