Teen boy, man charged after store break-ins, security guards bear sprayed at Polo Park
Suspects face 18 charges each after violence at Winnipeg mall Sunday morning, police say
A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man have been charged with multiple offences after break-ins at Polo Park mall earlier this week in which several security guards were bear sprayed.
The first break-in happened at a truck in the mall's surface parking lot on Sunday around 9 a.m., Winnipeg police said in a news release Friday.
A witness confronted two people and called police.
The two then went into the mall, where they broke into a store, according to police, who said several drawers were pried open and a laptop was stolen.
The two then broke into a second store and tried to open a cash box, police said.
Several security guards were bear-sprayed before the two tried to take off, according to police.
Officers arrested a man and a boy near an entrance to the mall around 9:16 a.m.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, break and enter and breaches of court orders. He also had five outstanding arrest warrants for court breaches.
A 15-year-old has also been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, breaking and entering, breaching court orders and a warrant for suspension of his conditional supervision. Both remain in custody, police said.