A man has been arrested and charged following an early morning break-in at the Bedford Education Centre Thursday.
Halifax Regional Police say just before 2 a.m. its officers, along with Sackville RCMP and a police dog, responded to an alarm at the Bedford Education Centre, located inside the Bedford Place Mall.
When they arrived, they saw a man with “visible lacerations to his hands,” dropping items while attempting to leave, according to the news release.
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Officers learned the suspect gained access to the mall through an unsecured door.
Once inside, he stole a bag with a laptop belonging to a Bedford Education Centre employee, say police.
Police say the 33-year-old man from Dorchester, N.B., was arrested and charged with break and enter and theft and possession under $5,000.
He was later released on conditions.
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