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Cochrane RCMP has two men in custody after break-ins to vehicles in Turner Valley.
At 2:40 a.m. Jan. 31, residents in Turner Valley were woken by two individuals breaking into vehicles and a home. Turner Valley RCMP located the vehicle involved in the thefts leaving the area at a high speed and alerted local detachments.
Cochrane RCMP then observered the vehicle driving at an extremely high rate of speed on Highway 22, near Bragg Creek. The vehicle eventually ran out of gas and was located on the side of the road in Springbank. It was later determined it had been reported stolen in Banff a week earlier.
One man was taken into custody. Police Dog Services were contacted and located the second suspect hiding in a dog house.
Matthew Steele and Travis Quinilan, both of no fixed address, were held for a Judicial Interim Release hearing and were remanded into custody until their next court appearance on Feb. 4.The two men face charges of possession of stolen property over $5,000, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and breaching conditions of release. Further charges are pending which include theft, attempted theft of a motor vehicle and breaking and entering into a residence.
