{"id":864101,"date":"2026-08-19T19:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864101\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:36:11","slug":"police-arrest-man-wanted-in-break-ins-thefts-in-winnipeg-and-headingley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864101\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man wanted in break-ins, thefts in Winnipeg and Headingley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man wanted in connection with a series of commercial break-ins, vehicle thefts and property crimes in Winnipeg and Headingley has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Police Service says Jesse Lafreniere was taken into custody on Tuesday following a \u201cbrief foot chase\u201d in the northeast part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Lafreniere was charged with break and enter, theft, possession of stolen property and more. The allegations against him have not been tested in court.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/winnipeg.citynews.ca\/2026\/08\/17\/crime-spree-thefts-breakins-winnipeg-headingley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">second suspect arrested<\/a> by police in their investigation into 13 separate incidents from April 20 to June 28 in Winnipeg and Headingley.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate $140,000 of property was stolen, from trailers, lawn equipment, and mechanical equipment to motorcycles, bicycles, and a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators allege stolen vehicles and stolen licence plates were used during the offences, and that the suspects frequently wore disguises.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old man was arrested Aug. 4. Police say a search of a home later in the day revealed stolen property, a rifle, ammunition, and a lock cutter. He was charged with 22 offences, including break and enter, theft, weapons charges, and possession of stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege both suspects were wearing electronic monitoring bracelets during the incidents.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man wanted in connection with a series of commercial break-ins, vehicle thefts and property crimes in Winnipeg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-864101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}