Red Deer Mounties arrest phone store robber

Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged a man after a break-in to an electronics store in the early morning of March 27 in which almost $17,000 worth of electronics were stolen.

Police identified the suspect thanks to surveillance images and forensic evidence collected by the RCMP forensic identification team.

At 5:40 a.m. on March 27, Mounties responded to a commercial alarm at Mobi Jack Phone Repair on Timberlands Drive and determined that a lone male suspect had broken into the business by breaking through the drywall from an adjacent business. Once inside, police say the suspect stole thousands of dollars’ worth of cell phones and phone parts, phone cases, power bars and other phone-related products, as well several laptops owned by the business.

Thanks to evidence gathered at the scene by the RCMP forensics unit, the suspect was quickly identified and police began looking for him. Shortly before 11 p.m. on April 4, Red Deer RCMP on proactive patrol in downtown Red Deer identified a suspicious vehicle and noted a male exiting the car after seeing police. RCMP conducted a traffic stop on the car and located the male as he walked away from it. RCMP conducted a high-risk arrest without incident after seeing what appeared to be a handgun in the suspect’s possession.