Paintings worth nearly $9,000 stolen during commercial break-in
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The Winnipeg Police Service’s Major Crimes Unit is asking for the public’s assistance regarding an investigation stemming from a commercial break-in at a gallery’s warehouse in the 200 block of McDermot Avenue.
Investigators learned that between 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 14 and 5:42 a.m. on Aug. 15, an unknown suspect or suspects entered the warehouse by breaking a window, stole two paintings and fled the building. The stolen artwork has a combined estimated value of almost $9,000.
The Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate.
Const. Claude Chancy, a public information officer with the Winnipeg Police Service, said on Saturday that it’s not clear whether the theft was targeted or if there was a particular motive.
What is unusual about this theft, he added, is that the items in question are “quite unique,” meaning it would be difficult to pawn them off onto an unsuspecting person.
Anyone with information, or with security, cellular phone, or dashcam video in and around the time of the incident, is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 204-986-6219 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers 204-786-TIPS or online.
