How to Use breaking and entering in a Sentence
breaking and entering
noun- The thief was arrested and charged with breaking and entering.
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Both were charged with breaking and entering, and the RCMP said more charges are likely.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
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Justin Crum, 35, is charged with felony breaking and entering.
—Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 9 June 2020
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The Alabama man, 34, was charged with three counts of breaking and entering.
—cleveland, 6 Aug. 2020
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He was convicted of breaking and entering and burglary after a friend stole from a house and called him for a ride.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2021
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Teens on the list have been charged with crimes like breaking and entering, stealing cars, robbery and homicide, Teague said.
—Jane Wester, charlotteobserver, 26 Apr. 2018
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At 17, he was arrested for car theft, and again a year after that for breaking and entering.
—Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2018
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He had been arrested on charges of breaking and entering.
—Kevin Rector, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2019
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He was convicted and sentenced to five years for breaking and entering.
—CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
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After his release, he was sent back for breaking and entering and auto theft.
—Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
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At the scene, police took into custody for breaking and entering a Shaker Heights boy, 15, and a South Euclid boy, 17.
—cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
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Davis pleaded guilty in 2010 to assault with intent to kill and breaking and entering, according to court records.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
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Police arrested the juvenile for breaking and entering and turned him over to a guardian.
—cleveland, 23 July 2023
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But that wasn’t the case, according to police, who subsequently charged the 34-year-old Malden man with breaking and entering.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
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The man, who listed a Cleveland address, is expected to be charged with felony burglary, breaking and entering, and theft.
—Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
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Police charged two youths, a Maple Heights boy, 15, and a Cleveland boy,16, with breaking and entering and criminal trespass.
—cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021
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Vernon Evans, 48, is charged with breaking and entering at five bars since his release from prison in October.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
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Caterson was arrested and charged with breaking and entering a building or a ship, intent to commit a felony.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
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Picked up by police a short distance away, Yao was charged with attempted breaking and entering.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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He’d been indicted as a youthful offender in that case on charges of breaking and entering, armed robbery and rape.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2021
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He was taken into custody and charged with breaking and entering.
—Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2020
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Kent Covington spent eight months in a North Carolina prison in 1974 for breaking and entering, and larceny, and later joined the church.
—Washington Post, 9 June 2018
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Joshua Peterson, 34, is charged with eight counts of breaking and entering, eight counts of vandalism and seven counts of theft, according to jail records.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 July 2020
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The sheriff said Roseberry had been charged in a 1989 case of breaking and entering, but the case was dismissed by local prosecutors.
—Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021
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The waiting driver, a 33-year-old Parma man, is charged with felony complicity to breaking and entering.
—Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 12 May 2018
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Lokita Matthews, 46, address unknown, is charged with breaking and entering at the Garfield Mini-Mart downtown.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
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Selina, while very fond of cats and casual breaking and entering, hasn't adopted the Catwoman moniker yet.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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Officer James Festa is charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for felony placing a person in fear, the Globe reported.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
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Following his arrest, he was charged with breaking and entering of a dwelling in the daytime and providing a false name to a police officer.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2021
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And that you were actually arrested on graduation night for breaking and entering into your high school in an attempt to glue the locks of the doors.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2024
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