A suspect formerly at the top of Richmond RCMP’s most-wanted list has been jailed more than a year and a half.
Prolific offender Mitchell William Coubrough was sentenced to a total of 19 and a half months at Richmond Provincial Court last week for a series of break and enters and various property crime offences in Richmond, Surrey and White Rock.
Coubrough was arrested in Surrey in April after a year-long wait.
Prior to his arrest, Coubrough had eight outstanding warrants (six from Richmond, one from White Rock and one from Surrey).
In court last week, he was facing a total of 28 criminal charges and three Motor Vehicle Act charges, including:
Two counts of unauthorized use of credit card data;
Seven counts of possession of stolen property;
Two counts of possession of break-in tools;
Three counts of driving while prohibited;
Two counts of possession of forged credit cards;
One count of use of an identity document without lawful excuse;
One count of identity theft;
Two counts possession of a controlled substance;
One count of fraud;
Six counts of break and enter;
Three counts of mischief under $5,000 and one count of theft under $5,000.
“The sheer number of charges that were approved strongly illustrates just how active this individual was in our community and surrounding areas,” said Richmond RCMP’s Cpl. Dennis Hwang in April.
“Under Richmond RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit umbrella, officers from our Property Crime Unit (PCU), Prolific Offender Suppression Team (POST), and patrol units, put in the work and painstakingly sifted through evidence from multiple files to build a strong case.
“Figuratively speaking, he was our white whale.”
