Break-in at Kelowna, B.C. business caught on video, repeat offender arrested – Okanagan | 24CA News
A clothes retailer behind Prospera Place in Kelowna, B.C., fell sufferer to a break-in final Wednesday with the crime caught on the shop’s stay CCTV feed.
“It was like kind of stressful because obviously like you’re just watching someone, like just going to loot your store,” stated Flynn Zimmer, who helps his mother run the family-owned business.
The wrongdoer smashed the entrance door of the Man Woman Home Boutique and stole tons of of {dollars} value of merchandise.
“We went down there and then found the guy … under a truck, like unconscious or whatever,” stated Mitch Hudson, who co-owns a retailer above Man Woman and helped monitor down the suspect shortly after the break and enter.
“And then I saw… there was another chick trying to walk away with the stolen goods.”
The suspect is 46-year-old Justin Wayne Collins, a prolific offender, who was arrested by police and brought again into custody.
The break-in occurred simply a number of hours after Collins was launched from custody after being charged with a number of different offences, together with theft and mischief stemming from incidents the day earlier than.
“Justin Collins is a well-known offender who lives on our streets in Kelowna,” stated Const. Mike Della-Paolera. “We’ve dealt with him many, many times.”
Collins has generated effectively over 400 police information since 2016 for every kind of legal offences, together with violent assault, theft, theft and mischief.
The in depth legal document prompted RCMP to challenge a uncommon public warning concerning the repeat offender final August.
Police suggested the neighborhood of his then-release from custody.
They stated his presence in companies and neighbourhoods created concern for public security.
“You just know that like he’s going to like keep doing the same thing and he has like a clear history on that,” Zimmer stated. “I think that something should be done about it.”
In April, the B.C. authorities introduced it might be cracking down on repeat offenders by creating 12 enforcement hubs throughout the province, together with one in Kelowna
But thus far the hub mannequin has not materialized.
“Like everybody in Kelowna, we are frustrated,” stated Della-Paolera. “But we’re going to continue to do our best to solve these crimes and put these people behind bars. Once that’s done, it’s out of our hands so we can only do what we can do.”
It’s left many business homeowners very pissed off and plenty of, together with Zimmer, ramping up safety.
“We’ve talked to a few different companies. I think we’re just going go with like the full-on metal shutters,” Zimmer stated. “It’s probably going to be worth it to do that, beef up security and then just not have to worry about it.”
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