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A busy two weeks for Red Deer RCMP

May 29, 2017 | 6:36 AM

RED DEER – RCMP arrests over the past two weeks are predominantly due to concentrated police patrols in targeted areas and reports from the public of suspicious vehicles or activity.

Most arrests involved suspects who were found to be breaching court-imposed conditions and/or wanted on outstanding warrants.

Shortly after 9 a.m. on May 12, RCMP responded to a complaint of an altercation behind a strip mall in Highland Green between two men.

On arrival, RCMP arrested two men who were armed with a knife, a chain and a pellet gun. RCMP seized a small amount of methamphetamine.

Charges are pending against a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old man.

At 6 p.m. on May 13, RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance behind a building on 54 Avenue in the Riverside Meadows neighbourhood.

On arrival, police located a man who was wanted on a number of outstanding warrants after being arrested in Red Deer on January 1 tampering with the ignition of a truck and in possession of a machete.

Lane Kenneth Dickson, 21, faces charges including possession of a dangerous weapon.

On May 14, RCMP located a woman who was in breach of court-imposed conditions and in possession of a number of documents and a fuel card that had been stolen from a vehicle.

She was also found to be in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine.

Jo-Ann Roberta Amond, 30, faces drug and stolen property charges.

Shortly after midnight on May 15, RCMP on patrol in a known hot spot in an industrial area located a suspicious vehicle.

The woman who was in it was breaching court-imposed curfew conditions and was in possession of several types of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia.

She was further found to be in possession of personal cheques that had been stolen during a residential break and enter two days earlier.

Summer Brook Kreiser, 34, faces drug and stolen property charges.

Shortly after 5 a.m. on May 15, RCMP executed a traffic stop at a gas station on Ross Street and determined that the passenger was wanted on outstanding warrants.

During the course of her arrest, RCMP seized crystal meth and drug paraphernalia.

Tia Marie Cobbe, 31, faces resisting arrest and drug charges in addition to her outstanding warrants. 

At 10 p.m. on May 17, RCMP responded to a report of suspicious activity at an apartment in downtown Red Deer.

On arrival, police arrested a man and a woman who initially gave a false name to police before the investigation revealed her identity.

Mounties seized a hatchet and a saw during the arrests. 

In addition to her outstanding warrants, Liticia Helen Willier, 19, faces new charges including resisting arrest and possession of a dangerous weapon.

Clint Harrison Gait, 29, faces failing to comply with conditions charges in addition to his outstanding warrants.

At 11:30 p.m. on May 18, RCMP on patrol in downtown Red Deer arrived on the scene of a robbery that had just taken place.

A man and a woman were robbed at knifepoint by another man, who stole the male victim’s chain.

RCMP seized the knife, retrieved the chain and arrested the suspect without incident.

Marlo Tyrell Thomas, 24, faces robbery and weapons charges.

The afternoon of May 20, Red Deer RCMP responded to a report of two men who had fought with store security at a south Red Deer business and were believed to be in possession of firearms.

One of the men attempted to flee police on foot and was arrested after a brief foot chase.

Police seized two firearms from the vehicle and several knives. 

Vincent Luigino Vanin, 26, faces assault and weapons charges and Thomas Jeffery Houle, 20, has been charged with weapons offences.

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At 2 a.m. on May 22, RCMP attended a downtown apartment building in response to a report of a disturbance.

On arrival, police located a suspect who was wanted on outstanding warrants. 

In addition to those warrants, Lincoln Charles Capel, 31, faces failing to comply with conditions and obstructing a peace officer charges.

At approximately 7 a.m. on May 23, RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a residential area north of Highway 11A.

On arrival, RCMP determined that the Dodge Ram and the license plate it carried were both stolen, and took two people into custody without incident.

During the course of the arrests, police located another stolen license plate, several stolen corporate credit cards and break-in tools in the truck.

Christopher Robert Lee Hayward, 36, faces possession of stolen property and possession of break-in tool charges.

Krista Marie Rix, 33, possession of stolen propety charges.

At 2:30 p.m. on May 23, RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the Village Mall parking lot.

On arrival, police officers located and charged two women who were found to be breaching probation or court-imposed undertakings.

RCMP seized heroin from one suspect.

28 year old Julene Marie Lattery, 28, faces a drug possession charge.

At 1 p.m. on May 24, RCMP received a report that a man had caused a disturbance at a cheque cashing business, then fled on foot.

RCMP located the suspect shortly afterward in downtown Red Deer.

James Jack Smaaslet, 46, faces resisting arrest and causing a disturbance charges.

(Gary McKinnon)