Category: RCMP Updates

Complaint of a Bear Attack in Bighorn Municipal District UPDATE The investigation for this event will be taken over by Fish and Wildlife. Original Release Cochrane, Alberta – On July 19th 2016, at approximately 12:00 PM Cochrane RCMP were called to assist Emergency Medical Services with a possible bear attack near the Trappers Hill Campground. …

On July 18, 2016 at 4:00 PM Lake Louise RCMP responded to a report of a male who fell out of a canoe on Moraine Lake.  Lake Louise RCMP responded along with Lake Louise Fire Department and Parks Canada Public Safety.  The unresponsive male was taken to shore where CPR was initiated.  The male was…

Damage to Fence High River, Alberta – On July 16th, 2016 at approximately 10:00 am, High River RCMP responded to a complaint of damage to a fence at a rural location just north of the community of Cayley, on Range Road 290 (104th Street east).  A north bound vehicle appears to have entered the east…

Airdrie, Alberta – The RCMP in Airdrie charged a 25-year-old assistant basketball coach of the University Of Calgary Junior Dinos club program with sexual exploitation as a result of a complaint. On July 1, 2016 the RCMP received a complaint about the suspect female and launched an investigation.  On July 11, 2016 Kristie Sheils, currently…

Nanton, Alberta – On July 10th, 2016 Nanton RCMP with assistance from High River RCMP, and the Lethbridge RCMP Police Dog Service Unit executed a search warrant at a room in a Motel in Nanton. Nanton RCMP seized a small amount of cocaine, and marijuana, as well as drug trafficking paraphernalia. One male has been charged with three counts under the…

Fort Macleod, Alberta – On July 14, 2016 at approximately 1:00pm, Fort Macleod RCMP and Fort Macleod Emergency Services attended a cyclist collision with a parked transport truck on Highway 2 southbound near Township Road 95A.  A cyclist was travelling southbound on the shoulder of the Highway when he was passed by an unknown white van, causing the…

Cochrane RCMP Respond to Off-Road Vehicle Rollover Cochrane Alberta – On July 14th 2016 Cochrane RCMP received a call of a side by side off highway vehicle that rolled in Mclean Creek Alberta. Preliminary investigation reveals that a 12 year old male from Calgary was operating the vehicle when it rolled. A 9 year old…

Strathmore, Alberta -On July 8th, 2016 the RCMP arrested a 71 year old male Richard Osborn White. White was charged with two counts of Sexual Assault, two counts of Sexual Interference and an Indecent Act. The incident took place at the Eagle Lake RV Resort just outside of Strathmore, Alberta on the above noted date. White’s first court appearance date…

Okotoks, Alberta – At approximately 7:40 this morning an Okotoks RCMP member, while pursuing a suspect vehicle, was involved in a collision with a different vehicle at an intersection within Okotoks. The event started when the RCMP member confronted a stolen vehicle in the Walmart parking lot.  While trying to orchestrate a traffic stop with…

Attempted Theft On Saturday July 9th 2016 at approximately 3:45 pm an unknown male entered the Sobeys grocery store in High River. The male attempted to leave the store with a substantial amount of meat in a cart. When confronted by an employee, the male left the store, abandoning the products outside and leaving in a red…

Okotoks, Alberta – On July 11, 2016 at 7:48 p.m. Okotoks RCMP responded to a complaint of a 21-year-old male with a gunshot wound.  The injured male sought help at an unrelated rural residence in the M.D. of Foothills. The Okotoks RCMP General Investigation Section has taken lead of this investigation with the assistance of…

High River, Alberta  –  On July 13th, 2016 the High River RCMP were responding to a suspicious vehicle complaint within the Community.  While members were enroute, they observed a vehicle which appeared to be speeding on 12th Avenue.  The overhead lights were activated and the offending vehicle pulled over on 88th street south of the Town.  An officer exited the vehicle…