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Police stop northland arson spree, one suspect arrested

A 19-year-old male is facing 17 arson related charges after Winnipeg Police  caught him on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, near a fire on Manford Close. Police say the suspect was on a bicycle and matched the description from several witnesses during previous fires. A search of his person found incendiary materials.

River Jacob Parrenas Tavares, from Winnipeg has been charged for his alleged involvement with 16 counts of Arson Causing Damage to Property and Possession of Incendiary Material.

Police say the suspect was responsible for fires between May 1 and May 9, 2018 located at:

  •  100 block of Balmoral Street (fire set to a garage, which spread to a second garage and garbage bins)
  • 100 block of Spence Street (fire set to a garage and a recycling bin)
  • 600 block of Wellington Avenue (fire set to a garage and a recycling bin, which spread to a second garage and two houses)
  • 900 block of Redwood Avenue (fire set to a garage)
  • 1000 block of Machray Avenue (fire set in a yard next to a garage)
  • 400 block of Cairnsmore Street (fire set a garage and a utility pole).
  • 1300 block of Magnus Avenue (fire set to a garage)
  • First 100 block of Albina Way (fire set to a fence)
  • First 100 block of Timmins Avenue (fire set to a garage and a fence)
  • 100 block of Cartwright Road (fire set to a garage)
  • 1400 block of Leila Avenue (fire set to a garage and a fence)
  • First 100 block of Albina Way (fire set to a fence)
  • First 100 block of Maevista Place (fire set to a garage, vehicle, fence and garbage can)
  • 600 block of Sheppard Street (fire set to a shed, fence and a garbage can)
  • First 100 block of Lavender Bay (fire set to two garages, two vehicles and a fence)
  • First 100 block of Manford Close (fire set to a house and a fence)

He was detained in custody.

 

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