Category: RCMP Updates

  • RCMP High River – Armed Robbery – Pickup truck and trailer (boat)

    RCMP High River – Armed Robbery – Pickup truck and trailer (boat)

    High River, Alberta  –  On Friday February 5th, 2016 at approximately 10:40 a.m, the High River RCMP responded to a complaint of an armed robbery at the Summerset Carwash on the corner of 5th Street and 7th Ave, S.E. A 32 year old male had gone to the carwash to wash his boat.  While there he was approached by…

  • Gleichen RCMP investigate possible hit and run death – Update 1 

    Gleichen RCMP investigate possible hit and run death – Update 1 

      Siksika, Alta. – Gleichen RCMP are continuing the hit and run investigation in relation to the death on Highway 842, South of Highway 1. The incident is believed to have occurred in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2016. On Feb. 2, 2016 the Calgary Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and confirmed…

  • Olds RCMP Investigate Attempted Robbery of Our Flames Lounge

    Olds RCMP Investigate Attempted Robbery of Our Flames Lounge

      Olds, AB:  RCMP are investigating an attempted armed robbery that occurred on February 4, 2016 at about 9:45 PM at the “Our Flames Lounge” in Olds, Alberta.  The suspect was initially reported to have used a sawed off shot gun however witness accounts suggest the weapon used is an air gun. Members from Olds and Didsbury converged on…

  • Fentanyl Dealer Arrested After Tips From Public

    Fentanyl Dealer Arrested After Tips From Public

    A fentanyl dealer believed connected to at least one overdose death has been arrested. In July 2015, police received multiple Crime Stoppers tips about a man dealing fentanyl that tipsters claimed was also responsible for providing fentanyl to a man who died as a result in May. An investigation by the Calgary Police Service Drug…

  • RCMP Vegreville – Province-Wide Cheque Fraud

    RCMP Vegreville – Province-Wide Cheque Fraud

    Further to the previous (below) media release the subjects have been arrested. A Calmar-area couple are facing charges for passing over 40 bad cheques throughout the province. The total dollar amount of goods obtained by this couple is in excess of $33,000. As a result of these arrests, and the couple being identified, more reports are coming to various police agencies across the province.  This is…

  • Nanton RCMP Recover Stolen Property

    Nanton RCMP Recover Stolen Property

    Residential Search Warrant related to Property Obtained by Crime. Nanton, Alberta – On January 12, 2016 the Nanton RCMP were made aware of residents of Nanton, Alberta that were involved in theft and possession of property obtained by crime. Upon further investigation a search warrant was sought and granted to search a location in Nanton,…

  • Gleichen RCMP Investigate Possible Hit and Run Death

    Gleichen RCMP Investigate Possible Hit and Run Death

      Siksika Nation, AB – On February 1, 2016 at approximately 7:50 AM, the Gleichen RCMP were dispatched to Highway 842, near Cluny, approximately 10 Kilometres south of Highway 1.  Upon arrival, RCMP located a deceased male on the west side of the highway.  The deceased had sustained substantial impact injuries, consistent with being struck by a motor vehicle.…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Over-Due Hikers – UPDATE

    RCMP Cochrane – Over-Due Hikers – UPDATE

    UPDATE At 0925 hrs, all hikers were located safe and with no injuries. Background: Cochrane, Alberta –  On January 31st, 2016 Cochrane RCMP members responded to a call of overdue hikers on the Prairie Mountain Trail.  The call was received at 11:30 PM when four hikers had not returned from their day hike on the…

  • RCMP Canmore Investigates Fraud – Additional Charges Laid

    RCMP Canmore Investigates Fraud – Additional Charges Laid

      Canmore RCMP have laid new charges against former Canmore accountant 49 year old James Russell NEILSON with respect to his involvement with Abaca Solutions.  The charges, fraud over $5000, uttering a forged document and laundering the proceeds of crime are alleged to have occurred between January 2009 and October 2014.  During this time, it…

  • Okotoks RCMP investigating report of a suspicious male

    Okotoks RCMP investigating report of a suspicious male

      Okotoks, AB –   On January 27, 2016, The Okotoks RCMP received a report of an 8 year old girl who was approached by a stranger while was walking to school.   A male approached the girl, and tried to physically grab her, when the girl ran the suspect chased her. The girl was able…

  • Cochrane RCMP Charge Morley Man with Manslaughter for the Death of a Man on Stoney Nakoda First Nation

    Cochrane RCMP Charge Morley Man with Manslaughter for the Death of a Man on Stoney Nakoda First Nation

      Morley, AB – Cochrane RCMP, with the assistance of the RCMP Major Crimes Unit – South (MCU), have charged 30-year-old Gavin Bearhead of Morely with one count of manslaughter (Sec 236(b)CC). This investigation started on the morning of Friday, January 22, 2016, at approximately 5:25 A.M., when members of the Cochrane RCMP Detachment were…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Thefts

    RCMP Airdrie – Thefts

    RCMP Airdrie recover stolen vehicles with assistance from CPS On January 23rd, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Airdrie RCMP received a complaint from a concerned neighbour that a trailer with two skidoos were just stolen outside his residence in the Morningside area of Airdrie. The neighbour followed the suspect vehicle out of Airdrie until RCMP vehicles were in the…

  • RCMP Airdrie Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Lexxi SINGER

    RCMP Airdrie Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Lexxi SINGER

    UPDATE: Missing Person, Lexxi Singer has been located in good health.  RCMP would like to thank the public for assistance.  Airdrie, Alberta– The Airdrie RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 14 year old female from Airdrie, Alberta. Lexxi SINGER was last seen leaving her residence heading in the direction of the Airdrie Public…

  • RCMP Olds: Drug Bust

    RCMP Olds: Drug Bust

      Olds, AB:  Olds RCMP & ALERT, Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods partnered in a drug investigation in the Town of Olds.  Olds RCMP have charged a male for a number of offences following a drug search warrant in the Town of Olds.  On Wednesday, January 21, 2016 shortly after midnight Olds RCMP executed a drug search warrant at a residence in Olds…

  • Drumheller RCMP – Male Suspect Forces Entry and Sexually Assaults Homeowner – Update #1

    Drumheller RCMP – Male Suspect Forces Entry and Sexually Assaults Homeowner – Update #1

      This investigation has now resulted in Charges.  On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 RCMP arrested and charged 18 year old, Luke Entz of Drumheller Alberta with the following offences: Sexual assault S271 CC Sexual assault with a weapon S272 CC Forcible confinement S279 CC Uttering a threat to cause death S264.1 CC Break and enter…