Chris Clegg
South Peace News
Two residents of a home at Girouxville required medical attention for non-life threatening injuries after an armed break and enter Feb. 12, reports Const. Julie-Ann Strilaiff, Peace Regional RCMP public information officer.
A Smoky River man faces numerous charges from arising from the incident while police are looking for three additional suspects.
Strilaiff says police responded to the break and enter at about 2:15 a.m. Feb. 12. Upon arrival, the found two adult victims who were assessed by Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services.
“Through the course of investigation, it was learned that four masked suspects, one female and three males, entered the home armed with a firearm and other various weapons and while injuring the home occupants, made their way with several items inside the home, and two of the homeowners vehicles,” says Strilaiff.
McLennan RCMP requested the assistance of Peace Regional RCMP, and was assisted by the RCMP’s Real Time Operation Centre.
“One RCMP member was able to locate the stolen vehicles, along with a third vehicle, and made attempts to complete a traffic stop on the vehicles which then split up,” Strilaiff says.
“RCMP initiated a pursuit and shortly after, Peace Regional RCMP members were able to successfully deploy a tire deflation device. RCMP members were able to arrest the driver, identified as Brandon Kyle Neil, 41, a resident of the M.D. of Smoky River, who was discovered to be one of the males that had broken into the home.”
Neil faces charges of break and enter to a residence, being unlawfully in a dwelling house, theft under $5,000, flight from police, possession of methamphetamine, possession of break-in instruments, two counts of forcible confinement, assault with a weapon causing bodily harm, and assault.
Neil was brought before a Justice of the Peace, where he was remanded with for a later appearance in Alberta Court of Justice in Peace River.
The two stolen vehicles are described as follows: a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, black, with an Alberta license plate of BXM5804, and a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado, black, with an Alberta license plate of CSS0682.
The investigation is still ongoing. RCMP ask that any residences or drivers in the area to contact RCMP if they may have witnessed the incident, and to check their cameras to see if they can provide any information to assist RCMP with identifying the remaining one female and two males, or any other important information regarding the incident.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to please contact the McLennan RCMP at (780) 324-3061 or your local police.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at (1-800) 222-8377 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips. com, or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.