Teen boy, man charged after store break-ins, security guards bear sprayed at Polo Park

CBC News

· Posted: May 30, 2025 1:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A 15-year-old lad and an 18-year-old antheral person been charged with aggregate offences aft break-ins astatine Polo Park promenade earlier this week successful which respective information guards were carnivore sprayed.

The archetypal break-in happened astatine a motortruck successful the mall's aboveground parking batch connected Sunday astir 9 a.m., Winnipeg constabulary said successful a quality merchandise Friday. 

A witnesser confronted 2 people and called police.

The 2 past went into the mall, wherever they broke into a store, according to police, who said respective drawers were pried unfastened and a laptop was stolen.

The 2 past broke into a 2nd store and tried to unfastened a currency box, constabulary said. 

Several information guards were bear-sprayed earlier the 2 tried to instrumentality off, according to police.

Officers arrested a man and a lad adjacent an entranceway to the promenade astir 9:16 a.m.

An 18-year-old antheral has been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, interruption and enter and breaches of tribunal orders. He besides had 5 outstanding apprehension warrants for tribunal breaches.

A 15-year-old has besides been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, breaking and entering, breaching tribunal orders and a warrant for suspension of his conditional supervision. Both stay successful custody, constabulary said.