A Victoria Police K9 unit helped arrest a man in Fairfield on Wednesday night after two attempted break-ins.
Around 8:15 p.m., a man broke into a home in the 500-block of Linden Ave. by forcing open a back door.
Early yesterday evening PSD Jonny and PSD Havoc teamed up with @vicpdcanada “C Watch” patrol to locate and arrest a male for two residential break and enters one in which the resident was home and confronted the suspect. #teamwork #yyj #gooddogs
— Victoria Police K9 (@VicPDK9) June 6, 2019
The resident was at home, and was able to force the man to leave before calling police.
Officers deployed their service dog, Havoc.
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Around 10 minutes later, the suspect allegedly attempted a second break in in the 1000-block of Collinson Street one block away.
Havoc tracked the man down and he was arrested on the porch of a house in the 600-block of Vancouver St. He struggled with the officers but was safely taken into custody, where he remains.
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