MONTREAL — A Montreal-area man who broke into pay phones 65 times over several months and made off with $6,000 has been sentenced to 16 months in prison. Laval police say Stephane Sauve, 48, had been detained since his arrest last February as he emptied the contents of a pay phone. Police spokeswoman Evelyne Boudreau said Sauve, a local resident, was caught with help from Bell Canada’s security team, which installed a computer chip inside a number of phones. “It’s not a usual target because there are fewer and fewer telephone booths,” she added. Sauve, who was formally charged Feb. 13 with robbery, mischief, possession of burglary tools and violating his conditions, was sentenced Wednesday.

Source: National Post August 31, 2017 19:52 UTC