Stolen truck recovered
In the early morning hours of March 2, police located a truck, which had been stolen the previous day from Canmore. The Cochrane Crime Reduction Team recovered the vehicle while conducting checks on identified property offenders.
Near one offender’s residence, police identified a single set of footprints in freshly fallen snow, which led directly from the driver’s side door of the stolen truck to the home of the offender. After speaking with the individual and a subsequent investigation, police arrested the man. A second vehicle, stolen earlier this month from Airdrie was also recovered nearby. In the case of both recovered vehicles, keys had been left in the ignition and in one case the vehicle was left idling at the time of the theft.
Greg Deviat has been charged with one count of being in possession of property obtained by crime, failing to comply with a probation order and driving while disqualified. Deviat is scheduled for Cochrane Court on March 13, 2018.
Sword attack
Bragg Creek resident Marshall Rath, 19, has been charged following an investigation of an assault that occurred in the early hours of March 5.
At approximately 12:45 a.m., police attended a Bragg Creek residence after reports that an occupant of the house had attacked a woman with a sword.
An elderly female was taken to hospital in serious condition following the assault. RCMP said she remains in hospital.
Rath has been charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of being in possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Rath’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 13 in Cochrane Court.
Rath, who was known to the victim, has been remanded into custody. There are no concerns for public safety.
Copper wire stolen
On March 5 at 7:30 a.m., the Cochrane RCMP responded to a report of a theft of three large spools of copper wire at the Stoney ring road extension construction site. Three large spools of copper wire had been stolen using some of the heavy-duty equipment on site.
The three spools of wire are valued at approximately $50,000. The RCMP also recovered a semi tractor truck and two semi trailers on the site. Two semi trucks with trailers had been reported stolen from Calgary only hours before.
The RCMP are looking to speak with anyone who may have been in the Stoney ring road construction area and might have witnessed this theft.
Anyone with information regarding these thefts is asked to contact the Cochrane RCMP detachment at 403-851-8000. If you have information about this, or any other crime(s), and you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)
