Police arrest suspects after jewelry store thefts

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Winnipeg police have arrested a group of suspects they allege were responsible for the thefts of thousands of dollars in jewelry from a retail store on two different occasions.

In the first incident, suspects entered a jewelry shop on Portage Avenue just after 5 p.m. on Dec. 3 last year. The individuals entered at different times to try to distract the employee while compromising the display case to take items, police said. They made off with more than $17,000 worth of jewelry.

On June 12, at about 6:30 p.m., the group did the same thing and made off with about $35,000 in merchandise, police allege.

Property crimes investigators, who were probing the thefts, recently obtained warrants for two residences in Morden, where they recovered about $16,000 worth of the jewelry.

A 55-year-old man has been charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and one of theft over $5,000. A 34-year-old woman has been charged with two counts of theft over $5,000 and one of possessing stolen property for the purpose of trafficking.

A 53-year-0ld woman and a 37-year-old will later be charged with possessing stolen property. A teen boy will be charged with theft over $5,000.