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Cat burglar sentenced for home break-in

Beau Burgessihota was recently sentenced for the incident in Abbotsford on Nov. 1.

An Abbotsford cat burglar has been sentenced to 50 days in jail and 18 months’ probation.

Beau Burgessihota, 20, was sentenced on Jan. 16 in Abbotsford provincial court for a home break-in on Nov. 1 in Abbotsford and for uttering threats.

Burgessihota and a young offender, who cannot be named due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, were arrested and charged after police executed two search warrants on Nov. 5 and 6 and turned up property stolen from a cat burglary.

Police had also been investigating four home break-ins that took place in September, but Burgessihota and the young offender were not charged with any of them.