aso: Aso Lulu, Aperila 24, 2024 

File: 24-13981 

Victoria, BC – Early yesterday evening Patrol officers responded to a report of a residential break and enter and theft in progress in the North Jubilee area. The suspect, Seth Packer, was arrested a short distance away by police after being followed by the occupant.  

Just after 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, VicPD received a call from a bystander about a theft in progress in the North Jubilee area. Attending officers determined that a suspect, later identified as Seth Packer, had entered a home and stolen a wallet. The home was occupied at the time and the occupant followed Packer when he left. 

A o sola ese mai le eria, sa taumafai Packer e alu i totonu o se taavale e leai se aoga o loo paka ai i le 1800-poloka o Fort Street, ae na taofia e le avetaavale lona ulufale atu. Ona saisai lea o Packer e leoleo i le poloka 1900 o Richardson Street. 

Packer sa avea ma autu o a Community Update ananafi, fa'amatala au'ili'ili ana pu'eina lata mai. I le aso 21 o Aperila na pueina ai Packer e le au ofisa o le VicPD Patrol ina ua ia taumafai e gaoi se taavale o loʻo nofoia i le 2900-poloka o Shelbourne Street. Na toe taofia o ia i le aso 22 o Aperila ina ua ia tuleia se fafine ma gaoi lana taavale i le 1000-poloka o Johnson Street. I le taimi o lena mea na tupu, na mafua ai e Packer ni feteʻenaʻiga se lua o taavale afi ma sola ese ai mai le vaaiga aʻo leʻi taumafai e gaoi se isi taavale.  

O Packer na taofia e leoleo i le aso 22 o Aperila ae na toe tatala i tua ina ua tula’i i luma o le fa’amasinoga i le aoauli o le aso 23 o Aperila. Ta’avale, tasi le moliaga o le le mafai ona taofi i le nofoaga o se fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i ma le moliaga e tasi o le le usitaia o tuutuuga mai le fa’alavelave ia Aperila 21 ma Aperila 22. 

O moliaga faaopoopo o le talepe ma ulufale, taumafai e gaoi ma le taumafai e gaoi se taavale afi na faatautoina i le taeao nei faasaga ia Packer e tusa ai o lenei faalavelave i le afiafi ananafi. 

“Ina ua mae’a ona tula’i mai le tagata lava lea e lua feto’aiga ta’avale, taumafai e gaoi le tele o ta’avale ma manuia ai i se tasi o taumafaiga, ma o lea ua ulufale atu i totonu o fale o tagata e aunoa ma se fa’atagaga, uma i ni nai aso, o se vavega lava le leai o se isi. ua matua tigaina pe manua,” o le tala lea a VicPD Chief Del Manak. “O le toe faia o le solitulafono faapenei e matua afaina ai a tatou punaoa ma e ono lamatia ai le saogalemu o nuu. O le a faʻaauau pea ona matou galulue i mea matou te mafaia e puipuia ai le faʻaleagaina o tagata lautele, lea e aofia ai le fautua mo Mr. Packer e nofo i le falepuipui. Mulimuli ane, o lena faaiuga e tuu atu i le faamasinoga.” 

O lo o taofia pea Packer i le toese mo le isi ana iloiloga i luma o le faamasinoga. E le mafai ona fa'asoaina nisi fa'amatalaga e uiga i nei fa'alavelave ona o lo'o i luma o le fa'amasinoga le mataupu. 

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