The Alberta RCMP, its Parkland detachment and the Alberta RCMP Community Response Team (CRT), along with other partners, are highlighting multiple arrests made recently following various operations involving what they describe as prolific offenders.
Earlier this year, multiple partners executed six search warrants in relation to alleged property crime offenders in Parkland County. As a result of the investigation and subsequent searches, police reportedly located and seized:
- Five stolen trailers
- Two stolen lawnmowers
- One stolen quad
- One stolen skidsteer
- One stolen travel trailer
- Stolen licence plates and identification documents
- Sawed off shot gun
RCMP then arrested and charged a 46-year-old and 49-year-old man, as well as a 44-year-old woman, with multiple property crime related offences. All three have been released and are to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Stoney Plain on July 30.
This investigation was conducted by the Alberta CRT and Parkland RCMP with assistance from the Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit; Integrated Gang Enforcement Team; Emergency Response Team; and Police Dog Services.
Another arrest was made on June 21, when the Alberta Community Response Team witnessed an allegedly stolen vehicle being operated by a known offender. Officers pursued the vehicle to Spruce Grove, where they state the offender drove on walking trails in an attempt to evade arrest.
RCMP officers utilized Edmonton Police Service’s Air One Surveillance to follow the vehicle as it allegedly fled from police. (Alberta RCMP/Supplied)
The 41-year-old Stony Plain resident was arrested after he reportedly entered a resident’s garage and was apprehended.
He was given multiple charges, including possession of stolen property, dangerous driving, and more. Additional existing warrants for possession of stolen property and flight from police were also executed, police say.
The individual was remanded into custody for future court dates.
June 25 saw the Alberta CRT arrest a 52-year-old woman from Stony Plain during a traffic stop, allegedly in connection to an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
Search warrants were later executed, and RCMP report seizing multiple items, including a package of drugs that was wrapped as a birthday present.
In total, 47.03 grams of methamphetamine and about 200 ml of GHB were said to be seized.
As a result, she was charged with various offences, including possession for the purpose of trafficking. She was set to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Stony Plain on July 16.
(Alberta RCMP/Supplied)
RCMP say these arrests are a small sample of the work being done in the Parkland detachment and by the CRT to address concerns around property crime and drugs in the area. The RCMP reports:
- The City of Spruce Grove is currently experiencing a 42 per cent decrease in both theft of motor vehicle and break and enters when compared to the same time last year.
- Stoney Plain has a 38 per cent drop in break and enters and an 18 per cent decrease in theft of motor vehicles compared to the same time last year.
- Parkland County has a 26 per cent percent decrease in break and enters and a 27 per cent decrease in theft of motor vehicles compared to the same time last year.
“Provincially, the Alberta RCMP has seen a 15.2 per cent reduction in property crimes in rural areas compared to the same time last year,” comments Inspector Kevin McGillivary. “That equates to over 1,000 less cases of people waking up in the morning to their vehicles missing; their garages broken into; worksites and copper wire stolen; ATMs ripped out of stores; and various other crimes.”
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