Canine unit tracks suspect after break and enter at Peterborough bank: police

A Peterborough man is charged with break and enter after police were called to a bank on Monaghan Road in Peterborough on Wednesday morning.

According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 10:15 a.m., an officer in the area of Monaghan Road and Lansdowne Street was notified of an unwanted person in the bank and then a man running away.

Police used the canine unit to help locate a suspect matching the description given to police.

Jonathon Atkinson, 29, of Peterborough, was charged with break and enter with intent to commit an offence.

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He was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Jan. 26.

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