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By rdnewsNOW staff

Kentwood area

Two arrested for robbery in Red Deer

Dec 3, 2024 | 2:50 PM

Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged two men for an alleged robbery in the community at the end of November.

Police say on Nov. 29, at 2:06 a.m. they were notified of a robbery that took place at a home in the Kentwood neighbourhood.

During the incident, one of the accused had allegedly pointed a sawed-off rifle at the victim and took their cellphone and other personal items.

Police conducted a search warrant at the residence as part of their investigation with assistance from the Emergency Response Team and the Red Deer RCMP General Investigations Section. Police found a sawed-off rifle and items that belonged to the victim.

As a result, 18-year-old Austin Dampier and 25-year-old Rain Yellowface were arrested without further incident.

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Dampier, of Red Deer, has been charged with robbery with a firearm, assault, forcible confinement, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, unauthorized possession of a firearm, failure to comply with undertaking, and failure to comply with release order.

Yellowface, a resident of O’Chiese First Nation, Alta., has been charged with robbery with firearm, assault, forcible confinement, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, and two counts of failure to comply with release order.

Mounties say both were taken before a Justice of the Peace on Dec. 2, at the Red Deer Court of Justice and were remanded into custody.