Salmon Arms cops arrest suspected poppy donation box thief

Salmon Arm RCMP has arrested a 40-year-old man believed to have been responsible for a spate of break and enters in the city as well as stealing a poppy donation box.

According to a Salmon Arm RCMP media release, the 40-year-old is thought to have been responsible for four separate commercial break and enters. The man has no connection to Salmon Arm and is of no fixed address.

The RCMP arrested the man Nov. 11,  for attempting to break into a business on the 300 block of lakeshore Drive in Salmon Arm.

He is also believed to have broken into a business on the 500 block of The Trans Canada Highway as well as a business on Lakeshore Drive in Salmon Arm. Both break-ins took place in October.

No details were given of where the poppy donation box was stolen from, but the incident took place Nov. 10. The RCMP was not able to recover the donation box.

RCMP says it did recover the goods stolen from the businesses.

The man was denied bail and remains in custody with four charges of 4 charges of break and enter or attempted break and enter and one charge for the theft of the poppy box pending.

READ MORE: Suspected poppy donation box thief arrested in Kelowna, facing charges

To contact a reporter for this story, email Ben Bulmer or call (250) 309-5230 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.

We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.