String of weekend thefts provide a glimpse into growing concerns from local businesses

After a string of thefts over the Canada Day long weekend in Amherst, N.S., local businesses are raising concerns about shoplifting trends in the town

Got Item Games isn’t usually open on Mondays, but they decided to open their doors on Canada Day to spend time with their community, however, the celebration was quickly soured. 

“Right in the morning somebody just walk in and take some product off the shelf and book it on out of here right away,” said Store Manager, Elyse Bussiere.

“The day before I had found out somebody had tried to pop our door open and get in in the night as well.”

The accused made away with about $60 worth of Pokémon Cards, but the local game store wasn’t his only stop.

“We had two complaints on the 29th, another complaint on the 30th and then two more on July 1st,” explained Amherst Police Department Chief, Dwayne Pike.

Adding, “July 1st was kind of like okay, this is going to the point where we really needed to step in because it was a continuation of the offence. It just didn’t seem like it was going to end unless we had that person in custody.”

A 31-year-old man was arrested and remanded on Monday.