Man and woman charged after break-in at Vancouver residential building

Crown Counsel has approved charges against a man and a woman following an early-morning break-in at a residential building in Vancouver.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m., a witness at a building near Quebec Street and East 1st Avenue called 911 after CCTV allegedly showed two people breaking into a storage locker in the building’s underground parkade. Vancouver Police officers responded immediately and arrested both suspects.

Police recovered property believed to have been stolen from the storage locker, along with knives and break-in tools. Jesse Sokol, 42, and Nikita Silverquill, 32, have each been charged with one count of break and enter and one count of possessing break-in instruments without a lawful excuse.