Man charged with stealing $19K in sunglasses

A man is charged with stealing 40 pairs of designer sunglasses worth more than $19,000 from a store in five incidents earlier this month.

The incidents happened at a retail store on the 1400 block of Portage Avenue between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Monday. The last theft involved 12 pairs valued at $5,500.

Police arrested a 26-year-old man at a home on the 600 block of Toronto Street at noon Friday while investigating an unrelated incident.

He has been charged with five counts of failing to comply with a probation order, four counts of theft under $5,000, two counts of failing to comply with conditions of a release order and one count of theft over $5,000. He was detained in custody.