Category: RCMP Updates

Red Deer, AB – Red Deer City RCMP with the assistance of the Red Deer Police Dog Service are currently investigating the escape of four prisoners from the Red Deer Remand Centre in Red Deer, Alberta.  Police were alerted to the incident at approximately 00:15 am this morning.  One subject has been located and taken into custody and…

Cochrane, AB – At approximately 2:20 a.m. on June 6, the Cochrane RCMP along with the Town of Cochrane Fire department responded to a large structure fire in the Fireside community of Cochrane.  Some townhomes under construction were engulfed in flames, resulting in damage to nearby vehicles and homes across the street.  Cochrane Fire Department was assisted by…

Kananaskis, Alberta – Yesterday at 5:27 p.m., Kananaskis RCMP responded to assist Alberta Parks with a male who fell while climbing in the backcountry near Rawson Lake and suffered fatal injuries. At approximately 3:45 p.m., the 58-year-old male, of Calgary, stumbled on ice and snow and fell approximately 50 feet.  Kananaskis Emergency Services was contacted and Alberta…

Claresholm, Alberta – RCMP from Claresholm have charged a 52 year old female with eight offences after a traffic stop near Nanton, AB. On May 29, Claresholm RCMP were called about a truck driving erratically Northbound on Highway 2. The Nanton RCMP were called to assist and stopped the vehicle near Nanton. The vehicle had a stolen…

(Calgary, Alberta) – The RCMP’s Federal Serious & Organized Crime Financial Integrity Unit arrested and formally charged 70-year-old Arnold Breitkreutz and 67-year-old Susan Way, both of Calgary, Alberta, with fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000 under sections 380(1)(a) and 334(a) of the Criminal Code.  The charges relate to activities between May of 2014 and September of 2015. …

UPDATE Tsuut’ina Nation, Alberta – The RCMP Major Crimes Unit and Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service continue to investigate a suspicious death after a body was found on May 6 on the Tsuut’ina Nation. Following an autopsy, the deceased male has been identified as 51-year-old Keith Miles Big Crow. Keith Big Crow was last seen on Tsuut’ina Nation…

Turner Valley, Alberta – One male is facing several charges relating to a stolen vehicle investigation that led RCMP to piece together multiple thefts in different jurisdictions. On May 18, 2018 Turner Valley RCMP received a call of a suspicious vehicle on a rural property off Highway 22. On arrival RCMP located a male suspect sleeping…

Smoky Lake, Alberta – The recently formed RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit has laid arson charges against an adult male following an in-depth investigation into a series of arsons in the Smoky Lake area. Investigation by the RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit in collaboration with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and the Smoky Lake County Emergency Services led the…

Red Deer, Alberta – A man and a woman face a total of 84 criminal charges related to stolen and counterfeit credit cards after a Priority Crimes Task Force investigation that began in early March and culminated in a search warrant at a Sylvan Lake residence where RCMP seized credit card counterfeiting items and stolen credit…

Okotoks, AB – On May 13th, 2018, around 8:00 am, the Okotoks RCMP received a call from a property owner of a suspicious vehicle with two occupants in a rural property in the MD of Foothills. RCMP attend the location, confirm two stolen vehicles, and residence entered. Two suspects were arrested without issue. A third suspect fled the scene on…

On May 19th, 2018, at approximately 7:10 pm, High River RCMP responded to a 911 call regarding a female sleeping inside a running vehicle on 1st street SW north of 3rd avenue. Once police contact was made, the female driver fled the area at a high rate of speed northbound on Centre street in High River. The…