Hanna, AB - On December 29th, 2015 at approximately 7:45 p.m., the Hanna RCMP responded to break and enter of an occupied residence in the Hanna area. While en route the RCMP learned that the suspect had fled in a grey truck that the suspect had stolen from another home in the Bassano area prior to the Hanna break in. Shortly after, the RCMP received a complaint of a theft of gas in the Youngstown area involving a grey truck. The Hanna RCMP, assisted by Brooks RCMP, located the stolen truck at about 10:00 p.m., abandoned in a field. The truck contained 5 stolen guns, and 2 stolen TV’s. RCMP Police Dog Services, having obtained a track for the suspect at about midnight, then tracked the suspect for over three hours, recovering another stolen firearm along the way before arresting the suspect without incident at about 4:00 a.m., on December 30th.
The suspect had been out on foot in -25 degree weather for some time and he was taken to hospital for treatment of frostbite. The suspect will be facing numerous Criminal Code charges including Break and Enter, Theft, and Possession of stolen property upon release from hospital. This matter is still under investigation and the possibility of further charges still remains. Other than the medical condition of the suspect, no persons were injured during this event.
