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Nova Scotia trio faces total of 73 charges in series of break-ins

Police say three people face a total of 73 charges in connection with a string of break-ins. Global News File

Police say three people face a total of 73 charges in connection with a string of break and enters and motor vehicle thefts on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.

RCMP say a man was arrested at a home in Bridgewater last Thursday, while later that day a man and woman were arrested outside a home in Halifax.

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A search was then carried out Friday at a home on North Street in Bridgewater where police say they seized property from several of the businesses that had been victimized in the break-ins which occurred between July 7 and July 21.

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Two stolen vehicles were also recovered.

Police say 25-year-old Tristan Gary Burns of Truro faces 33 charges, while 23-year-old Tristan John Russell of Bridgewater faces 26 offences, and 21-year-old Vanessa Rines of Bridgewater faces 14.

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The trio appeared in Bridgewater Provincial Court.

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