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Crime spree

Prince George RCMP investigate downtown crime spree

Feb 10, 2021 | 1:37 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — It may have been bitterly cold outside, but that didn’t stop at least one person from going on a crime spree in downtown Prince George Monday and Tuesday of this week.

Prince George RCMP Cst. Jennifer Cooper says it started Monday morning at 4 a.m. when police received a report of an alarm going off inside a business on the 1200 block of 4th Avenue.

“Frontline members quickly attended the location and observed the glass door at the front of the business to be broken.”

She says three HP laptops, valued at $1,500 each, were stolen. Later that morning, police received a report of a break-in at the HSBC building. The building manager stated several units were broken into and were reporting items stolen.

Cooper says the suspect made off with multiple items, including $10,000 in vintage coins, high-end rookie hockey cards, multiple laptops, an iPad and several hundred dollars in old currency.

And it doesn’t stop there.

Cooper says on Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. police received a report of multiple vehicle break-ins to an underground parkade on the 1000 block of 6th Avenue.

She says two City of Prince George vehicles had their windows smashed or the locks punched out. Suspects took various items including loose change and clothing.

Less than an hour later, police received a call from two businesses on the 1800 block of Victoria Street. Cooper says a male suspect gained entry to the building through an insecure ground level window then used the building elevators to gain entry to other businesses. The suspect took an unknown amount of money from one of the businesses.

Cooper says police suspect the crime spree was the work of one individual. If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Prince George RCMP at(250)561-3300.