A resident of Woodside in the city's northwest awoke on June 2 to find his truck, boat and boat trailer had been stolen from his driveway on Woodside Crescent, according to a release sent by Airdrie RCMP on June 6.
A resident of Woodside in the city's northwest awoke on June 2 to find his truck, boat and boat trailer had been stolen from his driveway on Woodside Crescent, according to a release sent by Airdrie RCMP on June 6.
The resident was able to tell officers that the items had last been seen in the driveway the previous evening.
RCMP collected photos of the stolen boat and truck from the resident. The truck is a copper-coloured 2006 Ford Super Duty. The 2006 Four Winns Funseeker boat was on a Four Winns boat trailer.
The stolen truck was later found in Calgary on June 2. According to Calgary Police Service (CPS) Spokesperson Tarjin Dar, the same vehicle may have been used in a hit and run on 16 Avenue N.W. in Calgary, which fatally injured a 35-year-old female employee of the Centex gas station on June 7. The victim, Maryam Rashidi, a recent immigrant from Iran, passed away in hospital on June 8.
Calls to Airdrie RCMP to confirm that it was the same truck were not returned by press time.
Two suspects in the fatal gas-and-dash were arrested in Calgary's northwest Beddington community at approximately 10 p.m. on June 9, and taken in for questioning, according to CPS. One of the suspects is a young offender.
The incident has increased calls from the gas station industry to make pay-at-the-pump mandatory at all gas stations in Alberta.
A mid-morning single-vehicle rollover on northbound Highway 2 just north of Balzac, looked worse than it actually was for the occupant of the SUV, according to EMS Spokesman Adam Loria.
“ The lone occupant was taken to the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, a male in his late teens, in stable, non life-threatening condition,” Loria said.
Calls to RCMP for information about what caused the rollover were not returned by press time.
It's back – and that's not a good thing, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jennifer Weedmark.
The so-called Grandparent Scam is once again being seen in the Airdrie area, with three reports of seniors being duped by people posing as relatives between May 21 and June 2.
The Better Business Bureau of Southern Alberta and East Kootenay (BBB) issued a warning to people to be wary of the scam in December 2014.
“ It's not new, unfortunately. It kind of goes in waves,” said BBB Vice President of Marketing and Communications Camie Leard at the time of the December warning. “ We'll see a whole bunch over a short period of time, then it might go away for a while just so people let their guard down and forget about it and then it pops back up again.”
In this scam, the fraudster calls up the intended victim pretending to be a friend or relative in dire need of money. Often elderly people are targeted by someone posing as a grandchild. The scammer will tell the victim they have been in an accident or arrested and need money sent to them via a money transfer provider like Western Union.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), a joint initiative between the RCMP, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Competition Bureau Canada, recommends seniors, in particular, confirm with other relatives the whereabouts of the family member or friend from whom they've allegedly received a call.
As well, the CAFC recommends never voluntarily giving out family members names or information to unknown callers and to always question urgent requests for money.
If you have any information on any crime, call the Airdrie RCMP detachment at (403) 945-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
