RCMP arrest four after fights, break and enters Monday night
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Updated: October 27, 2009 1:53 PM
Four people were arrested for break and enter and related weapons offenses Monday night.
At about 9:30 p.m., the Williams Lake RCMP received a report that about 10 males armed with knives and machetes were fighting with some people in the 1400 block of Coleman Road.
There, police spoke to an intoxicated resident in the immediate area who advised that the males had kicked open the door to his home and then got into an altercation with him and his friends.
No one was injured in the altercation.
The suspects fled prior to police arrival, but a police dog tracked them to an area near City Hall, where they were located and arrested.
All four suspects are known to police for this type of criminal behaviour.
Police believe the incident was not a random attack and all combatants were known to each other.
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A man was arrested Monday night for break and enter after police found him hiding in a garage.
The RCMP had received a call about a suspicious male peering into a residence in the 1300 block of Dog Creek Road.
When the resident looked at the male through her window from the inside, the male stepped back and hid in the shadows.
A short while later in the nearby vicinity, police received another call from a resident who said there was a male trying to break into her home.
Police responded and located the man hiding near the garage that he had broken into.
The man, who is well known to police for this type of activity, was arrested for break and enter.
Police believe the two incidents are related and are continuing to investigate.
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