FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 2:20pm
(Ottawa) –A Frontline patrol officer doing proactive business checks overnight discovered that the main entrance door to a business in the 300 block of Rideau Street had been smashed. He stopped to investigate.
The officer located and arrested a man inside who was in the possession of merchandise in shopping baskets and reusable shopping bags.
Jose DESOUSA, 42 years old, of Ottawa, is charged with Commercial Breaking and Entering to Commit Theft, Breach of an Undertaking and Mischief Under $5000.
He is scheduled to appear in Show Cause court today.
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