Homeless woman charged after break-in at Fort Erie church
September 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Niagara Regional Police charged a 45-year-old woman with mischief after a church administrator found her asleep upstairs near the office of a Fort Erie church Saturday morning.
Officers were called to Garrison Road Church at 1351 Garrison Road at about 8 a.m. Saturday for a report of an unwanted person on the property, police said.
The woman, who has no fixed address, broke a window sometime overnight between Friday and Saturday, according to police. She was charged with mischief under $5,000.
Nothing was stolen from the church and police reported no other damage to the building.
The church said in a social media post that the person entered after damaging a glass door.
Police said no one else took part in the incident.
The woman was held for a bail hearing that took place later in the day Saturday.
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