Charges have been laid after Huron OPP say a man who was banned from attending a church in Goderich, Ontario last week broke into the building, crawled into the ceiling space and then fell through it.
Officers responded to Lakeshore United Church on North Street around 10 p.m. on Dec. 29 and learned that staff had previously barred a man from the property due to his behavior and non-compliance, police said.
The church operates an emergency overnight shelter, with accommodation for up to 20 people.
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The man allegedly returned to the church and broke inside, where he was found crawling through the ceiling on the first and second floors, police said.
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“The male eventually fell through the plasterboard causing damage and was again removed from the property at which point the OPP were called to attend,” police said in a statement.
Police said they later located the suspect and said he resisted arrest.
The accused, a 32-year-old man of no fixed address, faces charges of breaking and entering, mischief under $5,000, resisting a peace officer and four counts of failure to comply with a probation order, police said.
Police said the man was held for a bail hearing and is being held in custody.
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