Break and enter charges laid

An Ottawa man has been charged following a police break-and-enter investigation in Centretown.

Ottawa police say a handful of homes were broken into around Somerset Street West and Bronson Avenue, as well as the Wellington Street West area.

Christopher Childerhose, 40, has been charged with three counts of break and enter, two counts of possession of break and enter instruments and one count of forcible confinement.

He was scheduled to appear in court Friday.