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Credit cards stolen from Waterloo home while victim slept: Police

Police say they would like to identify this person in connection to a residential break-in on Westcourt Place in Waterloo. (Submitted/Waterloo regional police) Police say they would like to identify this person in connection to a residential break-in on Westcourt Place in Waterloo. (Submitted/Waterloo regional police)
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Waterloo regional police have released pictures of someone they’re trying to identify in connection to an overnight break-in in Waterloo.

According to police, it happened at a home on Westcourt Place on Sept. 15.

Sometime between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., a suspect entered the residence though a back window while the victim was asleep, police said. Property, including credit cards, were stolen. The cards were later used at several stores.

In a news release, police said they want to “identify and speak with” the person pictured in the photograph.

The break-in on Westcourt Place was one of nine reported at homes in Kitchener and Waterloo in the past two weeks. Police have not said if the string of break-ins are believed to be connected.

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