(Innisfail RCMP)

By rdnewsNOW staff

Attempted Home Invasion

Innisfail RCMP work with partners to seize stolen property and charge six suspects

Feb 25, 2021 | 3:18 PM

A report of an attempted home invasion in Innisfail last week has led to the arrest of six property crime suspects and the recovery of a substantial amount of stolen property.

Mounties responded in the evening of Feb. 18 to the attempted home invasion near downtown Innisfail. Police say two males were reported as trying to break into the home while in possession of weapons. The two male suspects were identified by RCMP.

On Feb. 19, Innisfail RCMP with the assistance of the Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit and RCMP Air Services attended a property on C&E Trail in Red Deer County, north of Penhold, to arrest the suspects.

Police say one was arrested without incident and the second fled in a Ford F350, with two other occupants, recently stolen out of Saskatchewan. A pursuit ensued, and efforts were made to deploy tire deflation devices, but they were not successful.

Mounties say the F350 travelled throughout the central Alberta area to a location near Pigeon Lake, where three occupants abandoned the F350 and were picked up by a second Ford dually pickup truck.

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The dually was under observation as it travelled back into Red Deer where all 5 occupants were eventually arrested at two different locations in the city with the assistance of the Red Deer City RCMP, Innisfail Integrated Traffic Unit and RCMP Police Dog Services.

On Feb. 20, Innisfail RCMP with the assistance of RCMP Calgary Auto Theft and Blackfalds GIS executed a search warrant at the C&E Trail property.

The RCMP seized items allegedly related to many property crime investigations throughout central Alberta including: stolen firearms, ammunition, a stolen dirt bike, stolen tools, break-in tools and other weapons.

The dually was examined by the Calgary Auto Theft Unit and found to be a cloned (different VIN) vehicle that was stolen 3 years ago from a ranch near Strathmore.

The following persons, all from the Red Deer area, have been charged as follows:

Gary Auvigne, 45, is facing over 20 criminal code charges, including break and enter, use of a firearm while committing an offence, utter threats, possession of a stolen firearm and six counts of breach of a release document.

Thomas Larkin, 41, is facing 17 charges, including break and enter, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of break in tools, flight from police and dangerous driving. He is also charged with seven counts of breaching a release document.

Katherine Young, 29, and Thomas Foshay, 36, are both charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of break-in tools.

Adam Bogusky, 36, is facing seven criminal charges including possession of break in tools, fraudulent concealment, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, dangerous operation of a vehicle and flight from police.

Kameryne Boyd, 21, is charged with possession of break in tools, fraudulent concealment and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

RCMP say Auvigne and Larkin are being held in custody pending Judicial Interim Release hearings scheduled for Feb. 26 in Red Deer Provincial Court.

Young and Foshay participated in Judicial Interim Release hearings and were released by a Justice of the Peace for future court dates.

Bogusky and Boyd were released by police for first appearance court dates on Apr. 6 in Red Deer provincial court.