With the assistance of Cold Lake officers, the Bonnyville RCMP detachment have charged Simon Cardinal in relation to a string of break and enters.
At approximately 3:20 a.m. on April 30, a brown Ford truck with four male occupants stole a 2006 white Chevy Silverado from REDA, located on Hwy. 660.
Just over an hour later, at 4:35 a.m., the same two vehicles entered the parking lot of the Fas Gas on 50 Ave. in Bonnyville. The suspects exited the vehicles and smashed the window beside the front door in order to gain entry.
Four minutes later, the suspects took off in the Ford and Chevy Silverado and proceeded west on 50 Ave. before entering the back parking lot of Brosseau’s Grocery Store.
The suspects entered the store by smashing the window beside the door, and fled the scene shortly after.
On May 1, Cardinal was arrested and charged with three counts of breaking and entering a business, and theft of a truck.
Cardinal is a 25-year-old Elizabeth Métis Settlement male who was also charged in relation to an incident out of Cold Lake.
Bonnyville RCMP are continuing to investigate the break and enters, and are asking for the public’s assistance.
Anyone with any information about the stolen Chevy Silverado displaying Alberta license plate FES608 and a REDA decal in the back window, is encouraged to contact the local detachment at 780-343-7200.
Proceeding unsafely results in collisions, tickets
Two drivers were issued tickets for proceeding unsafely after two separate collisions on April 26.
According to S/Sgt. Sarah Parke, one collision took place during school zone hours.
“There was a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision, both parties had been stopped at a four-way stop, but the person who didn’t have the right of way proceeded unsafely and hit the person who did have the right of way, resulting in a violation ticket to the driver that had proceeded unsafely,” she described.
That same day, an 18-year-old Bonnyville female was issued the same ticket for proceeding unsafely after a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Hwy. 28 and 54 Ave.
Warrant executed, woman charged with possessing meth
RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle along 44 St. that resulted in the driver and one passenger being arrested.
An officer pulled over a vehicle where the driver was wanted on warrants based out of the Edmonton Police Service area.
The 37-year-old Ardmore woman was arrested as a result.
One of her passengers, a 27-year-old Bonnyville woman, was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine after police located crystal meth in her possession.
Man stabbed
A male was treated for injuries after being stabbed by a 24-year-old Bonnyville woman on May 4.
Police were called to attend a Kehewin residence at 1:30 a.m. in relation to a stabbing, where they arrested and charged Christine Powder.
She appeared before a Justice of the Peace and was released on $250 cash bail.
Man charged with multiple offences
Stanley Mountain has been charged with possession of stolen property under $5,000, flight from police, resisting arrest, possession of methamphetamine, and two counts of breaching an undertaking after an incident on May 5.
It was 2:30 a.m. when police attended a Kehewin residence to follow-up on an investigation from the night before.
Police spotted the suspect on a quad, but before they could approach, Mountain fled.
He abandoned the quad and began fleeing on foot into the bushes, but was apprehended by police shortly after.
Mountain was arrested on his warrants and during a search, police found he was in possession of meth, as well as a machete, which had been left on the quad.
He is scheduled to appear in Bonnyville court May 7.
