A pair charged in connection with a months-long break-in spree that led to a quarter-million dollars in property damages across Winnipeg have faced similar charges in the past, police say.
The most recent charges come after police were called to roughly 30 reports of residential and commercial break-ins throughout the city between May 2022 and January.
More than $80,000 of property, including computers, electronics, bicycles and tools, were stolen from storage lockers and residential complexes citywide, according to police.
An investigation by the property crimes unit identified two suspects. Investigators, along with the tactical support team, raided a residential complex in the first 100 block of Furby Street on Wednesday, taking a man and a woman into custody.
Michael Johnathan Peter Moore, 31 is charged with 21 break and enter-related offences. Tamara Gwendolynn Gladu, 32, has been charged with 34 break and enter-related offences.
Moore and Gladu were also each charged in connection with a string of more than a dozen residential and commercial break and enters back in April 2021.
In a media release at the time police said those break-ins led to more than $20,000 in damages between December 2020 and April 2021.
Court records for Gladu obtained by Global News show a criminal history dating back a decade with prior convictions for both mischief and theft.
Court records for Moore show several convictions for break and enter dating back to 2019.
Moore and Gladu each had outstanding charges before the courts at the time of their most recent arrest, the court records show.
Both have been detained in police custody.
Police are reminding Winnipeggers to register and record serial numbers of vehicles and trailers, and to document serial numbers of household products like electronics.
They say the information can help police return stolen items once they are recovered.
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