Suspect arrested after numerous shoplifting incidents

A 42-year-old man accused of a string of recent shoplifting incidents was arrested Thursday afternoon after security personnel at a Portage Avenue store called police.

Winnipeg Police Service property crime investigators believe Roger Franklin Sinclair, 42, is linked to nine thefts at stores on Leila and Portage avenues between Sept. 4 and Oct. 1. Clothing was pilfered in all of the thefts.

On Thursday, at about 2 p.m., police believe Sinclair selected about $162 worth of clothes from a store on the 1400 block of Portage Avenue and left without paying, but security called for police.

Officers found Sinclair nearby and arrested him. Property crime investigators, using surveillance footage from the stores, linked him to all of the thefts. Nearly $3,300 worth of goods were stolen in total.

He’s been charged with 10 counts of theft under $5,000 and one of robbery. He was held in custody ahead of court proceedings.