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Repeat offender facing 130+ new charges following Winnipeg break-in spree

Winnipeg police have charged two men in connection with a city-wide rash of home break ins. File / Global News

Two men with a criminal history have been arrested in connection with a rash of residential break-ins all across Winnipeg over the past eight months.

Starting Apr. 25, one or more suspects forced their way into single-family homes and made off with gold and jewellery.

Police were able to catch the suspects following a Glenwood break in Dec. 6.

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A home in the first 100 block of Blenheim Avenue was broken into around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Jewellery and wrapped Christmas presents were stolen. A neighbour saw the suspects take off in a vehicle.

Jason Kenneth Lundberg, 42, has been charged with:

  • break, enter and theft x 71
  • possess weapon x 63
  • fail to comply with recognizance
  • firearms related offences

Jamie Leonard Brenner, 40, has been charged with break, enter and theft x 2.

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Const. Tammy Skrabek of the Winnipeg police told Global News Monday that both individuals have a history of arrests for similar offences.

Lundberg has a long list of previous charges dating back to 1988:

  • theft over x 3 (1988, 1994)
  • theft under x 3 (1991)
  • robbery x 4 (1992, 1994)
  • possess property obtained by crime under $5000 x 8 (1993, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007)
  • unlawfully at large (1993)
  • criminal negligence (1994)
  • escape lawful custody x 2 (1994, 1998)
  • fail to comply recognizance x 3 (1998, 1999, 2006)
  • fail to appear (1998)
  • break, enter and theft x 8 (1999, 2001, 2007, 2011)
  • possess weapon (2000)
  • break and enter with intent x 2 (2000, 2002)
  • flight while pursued by police officer (2017)
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In 2007, he was sentenced to two years plus one year pre-sentence custody for break, enter and theft and possession of property obtained by crime. He was sentenced to 10 months, 15 days in January of 2011 on a conviction for break, enter and theft.

Brenner has six previous convictions, three of which are for similar offences.

The estimated value of stolen goods from the latest round of break-ins totals $180,000. Damage caused to property during the break and enters is estimated at around $60,000.

RELATED: Winnipeg man facing over 100 charges in connection with dozens of break ins

The locations and date of break-ins for which Lundberg and/or Brenner are charged, starting with the most recent:

  • first 100 block of Kniver  Avenue, 2017/12/06
  • 200 block of Smithfield Avenue, 2017/11/30
  • 100 block of Frasers Grove, 2017/11/25
  • 200 block of Gilmore Avenue, 2017/11/23
  • 300 block of Kingsford Avenue, 2017/11/22
  • 500 block of Oakland Avenue, 2017/11/22
  • 1100 block of Roch Street, 2017/11/22
  • 200 block Edison Avenue, 2017/11/22
  • 300 block of Jamison Avenue, 2017/11/19
  • 100 block of Ferndale Avenue, 2017/11/15
  • 200 block of Winterton  Avenue, 2017/11/14
  • 1400 block of Rothesay Street, 2017/11/13
  • 1100 block of Burrows Avenue, 2017/11/14
  • 300 block of Gilmore Avenue, 2017/11/13
  • 1000 block of Redwood Avenue, 2017/11/11
  • 200 block of McIvor Avenue, 2017/11/07
  • 300 block of Bonner Avenue, 2017/11/07
  • 500 block of Perth Avenue, 2017/11/02
  • 400 block of Penninghame Street, 2017/10/10
  • 400 block of Bonner Avenue, 2017/10/04
  • 1400 block of Chancellor Drive, 2017/10/02
  • 1100 block of Chancellor Drive, 2017/10/02
  • first 100 block of  Kingston Row, 2017/09/29
  • first 100 block of Breubeuf Road, 2017/09/25
  • first 100 block of Thorndale Avenue, 2017/09/15
  • 300 block of  Burrin Avenue, 2017/09/13
  • 1900 block of Chancellor Drive, 2017/09/05
  • 700 block of Lanark Street, 2017/09/05
  • 800 block of  London Street, 2017/09/01
  • 500 block of Raquette Street, 2017/08/16
  • 300 block of  Bedson Street, 2017/08/16
  • 4500 block of Roblin Boulevard, 2017/08/16
  • 300 block of  Moorgate Street, 2017/08/16
  • 1100 block of Kildare Avenue E., 2017/08/15
  • First 100 block of  Bridgecrest  Drive, 2017/08/15
  • 4500 block of Roblin Boulevard, 2017/08/01
  • first 100 block of Frederick Avenue, 2017/08/01
  • first 100 block of Eckhardt Avenue, 2017/07/26
  • 100 block of  Cobourg Avenue, 2017/07/25
  • 100 block of Lennox Avenue, 2017/07/14
  • 100 block of  Ferndale Avenue, 2017/07/01
  • first 100 block of Crystal Avenue, 2017/06/30
  • first 100 block of Imperial Avenue, 2017/06/30
  • first 100 block of Havelock Avenue, 2017/06/30
  • 1000 block of Talbot Avenue, 2017/06/27
  • 100 block of McMeans Avenue E., 2017/06/27
  • 400 block of Kingsford Avenue, 2017/06/27
  • 1600 block of Hoka Street, 2017/06/26
  • 600 block of Munroe Avenue, 2017/06/23
  • first 100 block of  Ellesmere Avenue, 2017/06/22
  • 1000 block of Simpson Avenue, 2017/06/13
  • 300 block of Woodbine Avenue, 2017/06/12
  • 300 block of  Edward Avenue, 2017/06/09
  • 300 block of  Edward Avenue, 2017/06/09
  • 100 block of McMeans Avenue, W., 2017/06/09
  • 100 block of McMeans Avenue W., 2017/06/09
  • 1100 block of Buchanan Boulevard, 2017/06/05
  • 300 block of Drake Boulevard, 2017/05/31
  • first 100 block of Des Meurons Street, 2017/05/31
  • 600 block of Henderson Highway, 2017/05/19
  • first 100 block of Greenmount Road, 2017/05/17
  • first 100 block of Bluewater Crescent, 2017/05/17
  • 100 block of Cunnington Avenue, 2017/05/15
  • first 100 block of Crawford Avenue, 2017/05/15
  • first 100 block of Laurentia Bay, 2017/05/09
  • 100 block of McMeans Avenue, 2017/05/08
  • 100 block of Evenwood Crescent, 2017/05/04
  • first 100 block of Newcastle Road, 2017/05/02
  • 500 block of Mcmeans Avenue, 2017/04/25
  • first 100 block of Spring Meadow Crescent, 2017/04/25

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