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By rdnewsNOW Staff

DIDN'T PAY FOR OIL CHANGE

Theft report leads to arrest of four individuals for weapons offences

Sep 20, 2024 | 3:13 PM

Wetaskiwin RCMP have charged four people with an assortment of weapon and other offences after they allegedly received an oil change and left without paying.

On September 18, Wetaskiwin RCMP received report of the theft and quickly located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. Officers say the suspect then went into reverse and rammed the police vehicle. Despite this, they were able to approach the vehicle and safely arrest all four occupants, including a driver who allegedly tried to flee on foot.

Officers searched the vehicle and reported finding a shotgun; a loaded semi-automatic assault rifle; a modified rifle; about 15 grams of pre-measured and packaged fentanyl; and about 100 Gabapentin pills.

“We are happy to have quickly responded and apprehended these offenders on what began as a fairly minor offence ,” says Cpl. John Learn of the Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Reduction Unit. “Removing these armed individuals and their weapons from our streets is the type of impact that the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction strives for.”

RCMP say a 25-year-old male resident of Samson Cree Nation was charged with:

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DIDN'T PAY FOR OIL CHANGE

Theft report leads to arrest of four individuals for weapons offences

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• Possession for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled substance
• Weapons offences (x5)
• Possession of a firearm contrary to order
• Failure to comply with release order (x3)

Mounties say he was taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for Sept. 24, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.

Meantime, a 22-year-old male residing in Ermineskin Cree Nation, has been charged with:

• Weapons offences (x5)
• Possession of a firearm contrary to order (x2)
• Escape from lawful custody
• Assaulting a peace officer with a weapon

Police say he was taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for Oct. 3, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.

A 23-year-old female resident of Samson Cree Nation was charged with:

• Weapons offences (x5)

RCMP say she was taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with her next court date set for Sept. 23, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Albert.

Finally, a 19-year-old Maskwacis resident was charged with:

• Weapons offences (x5)
• Possession of a firearm contrary to order

Mounties say they were taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for Sept. 23, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.

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