Winnipeg police arrest pair after tools pawned
Winnipeg police have arrested a man and a woman after they allegedly pawned a share of $32,000 worth of tools stolen from his employer.
Officers arrested a 56-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, both of Winnipeg, at a residence on Redwood Avenue near Salter Street on Monday.
The charges were the culmination of an investigation that began 12 months earlier.
Police were alerted after a woman pawned several items in May 2017. A man tried to sell similar items as long ago as 2013, police said.
A man allegedly stole $32,800 worth of tools from his employer. He started selling the stolen tools in May 2013 and she started selling them in April 2014, police said.
Police recovered $20,200 worth of stolen property.
The man is charged with theft over $5,000 and the woman is charged with possessing goods obtained by crime over $5,000.
