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A 35-year-old man has been accused of breaking into six Crescentwood homes and a nearby high school on Saturday morning, causing damage estimated at $25,000.

At about 6:30 a.m. July 25, Winnipeg police got several 911 calls about an unknown man breaking into homes in the 100 block of Kingsway after throwing bricks and rocks through windows and glass doors. In some cases, a man confronted and threatened residents and stole their belongings, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Sunday.

One of the victims flagged down officers when police arrived on scene, pointing out a man walking down the street armed with a broken liquor bottle. The suspect dropped the bottle and police arrested him.

No one was injured and the Major Crimes Unit took on the investigation.

THE PARABLE of the Good Samaritan is one of those stories that has endured far beyond its original context, far beyond religion itself. Someone is robbed, assaulted and left for dead.

The parable names names. The equivalent of political and community leaders, who should know better, pass by on the other side of the street. A Samaritan, someone of questionable standing in the community, stops and helps. The only person who isn’t identified is the one beaten. He could be any of us. It is a powerful call to compassion and not turning away.

Something that is rarely, if ever, mentioned is that the Samaritan brings the person along with him to an inn where they stay the night. In the morning, the Samaritan must be on his way and so says to the innkeeper, “Take care of him and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.”

I know many who try to live out the Samaritan ethic. We roll down our windows at an intersection with some spare change. We hand out water during a heat wave.

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