Suspect found asleep in bed after breaking into home

WINDSOR POLICE NEWS RELEASE 

Case #: 26-123770 

Suspect found asleep in bed after breaking into home 

The Windsor Police Service has arrested a 46-year-old woman who was found asleep in a bed after allegedly breaking into an Amherstburg home. 

Shortly after 8 a.m. on November 4, 2026, officers with the Windsor Police’s Amherstburg Detachment responded to a report of a break-and-enter in progress at a residence in the 300 block of Victoria Street South. Officers entered the house and located the suspect asleep in a bed, where she was arrested without incident.

Investigators determined that the suspect had entered the residence by removing an air conditioning unit cover and climbing through the opening, causing damage in the process.

Stephanie Brochert, 46, has been charged with being unlawfully in a dwelling and mischief under $5,000.

Brochert was also arrested on an outstanding warrant in connection with an unrelated incident.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Windsor Police Target Base Unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4350.