One of two men who broke into a downtown Brandon warehouse and stole around $4,000 worth of musical instruments was sentenced to just under one year in jail on Thursday.

“You stole those musical instruments that meant something to somebody else — somebody that spent a lot of money paying for and accumulating … Stop and think about that,” Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta said in Brandon provincial court.

Gabriel Ibarra, 37, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, resisting a peace officer, failing to attend court and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

Crown attorney Rich Lonstrup read the details behind the charges.

On July 12, a man reported that two men broke into his business on 10th Street. Police reviewed surveillance footage, which showed two men enter the building

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