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HOME RANSACKED
Barrie police say an elderly couple came home Sunday to find their house ransacked and $60,000 of worth of property missing.
Police say thieves broke a window of a Clapperton Street home and unlocked the deadbolt to gain entry sometime between Friday night and Sunday morning.
Among the items taken were a 55-inch plasma TV, a projection TV, jewelry and a safe.
"All neighbours can do is keep a community watch," said Const. Jason Nicole. "The best police are the public keeping an eye out."
WEAPONS SCARE
Reports of a man threatening bar patrons with a gun resulted in Barrie police officers converging on a downtown bar early Saturday morning.
When police arrived, the suspect ran into an alley with officers in pursuit.
The man was caught moments later and was found to have a machete in his possession.
A 29-year-old Barrie man was charged with weapons dangerous and held in custody for a bail hearing.
MILITARY ATTACK
A military member training at CFB Borden wound up being charged by Barrie police following an alleged assault at a downtown bar, Saturday.
City police say the 28-year-old male military member was leaving a bar when he became involved in a verbal dispute with another male patron. Police say the other man and his girlfriend had attempted to walk away from the suspect to avoid a fight, but he wound up getting punched in the face and knocked to the ground.
Police say his girlfriend got involved and was pushed, and also punched in the face, by the suspect.
The fight til police officers broke it up.
The suspect was charged and released back to the base, and now faces a future court date.
NO RETURN POLICY
Barrie police say a woman attempted to scam the customer service department at the south-end Wal-Mart not once, but twice, with two different items, on Saturday.
Police, who were already at the store for an unrelated shoplifting incident, were alerted by store security after they watched the woman pick up a child car seat and attempt to return the new seat to customer service. When her plan didn't work, police say she then picked up a child's camera and again tried to return the new item, telling store staff the camera was broken. She was attempting to obtain a store credit on a purchase card. At this point, story security arrested her and turned her over to police.
She was charged with fraud under $5,000. Police say she had stole about $340 worth of merchandise.
FOLLOW THAT DRUNK
A concerned citizen helped Barrie police nab a drunk driver Saturday morning.
Police say the citizen spotted the man and began following his vehicle through the streets of Barrie. The driver travelled along Dunlop Street before getting on Highway 400.
His vehicle ended up in a ditch about 45 metres off the road in an embankment at the Duckworth Street ramp.
Police took the driver back to the station where he blew over three times the legal limit.
A 27-year-old Barrie man was charged accordingly.
JEWELRY HEIST SOLVED?
An 18-year-old Richmond Hill man is facing eight counts of theft for stealing jewelry from eight stores, including a downtown Barrie shop.
A diamond ring valued at $29,000 was stolen from Metzger's Fine Jewellery on Dunlop Street East the afternoon of May 12 by a man who asked to view the ring, then fled the store with it and took off in a Honda Civic.
The suspect was nabbed at a residence last week following a lengthy investigation.
The thefts, mostly from stores in the GTA including Vaughan and and Newmarket, date back to Jan. 11. The last theft took place May 29 at a Peoples Jewellers in Sherway Gardens in Toronto.
Charged with eight counts of theft over $5,000 is Amir Seyed Hossein Yagoubi-Araghi, 18, of Richmond Hill.
GUEST HAS BITE
City police were called to the Comfort Inn around 5 a.m. Saturday after a guest got a little out of control.
The manager called police, stating a 21-year-old woman had start to damage property at the hotel. Police say the woman went after officers when they arrived and bit one on the arm. The officer suffered minor injuries.
The woman was taken to the station and charged.
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