A series of home invasions in Port Coquitlam, along with a suspected arson at the victim's business, has Crime Stoppers asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect.
On Dec. 22 at about 1:30 p.m., a woman was at home in the 2500-block of Pitt River Road when unknown suspects arrived in a silver BMW (partial licence plate CL1 ???). One of them rang at the front door but the woman didn't answer; the suspects then went to the back door, forced it open and then ransacked the home.
The homeowner hid on the balcony and called the police and her boyfriend. He arrived before police and confronted one of the suspects, who bear sprayed him before fleeing the scene.
The woman has been targeted in several similar crimes, including five additional incidents at her home and an arson at her nail salon business on Prairie Avenue at Coast Meridian Road on Dec. 15.
Coquitlam RCMP are investigating the blaze as suspicious.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
