Serving the communities of Rimbey, Bentley, Bluffton, and Hoadley
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Volume 18 Number 4
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Rimbey RCMP and Canada Post team up to stop to mail theft
Marnie Bland, postmistress for Rimbey post office repairs some boxes which were vandalized last week. RCMP is on the lookout for the persons responsible for the crime. Const. Carman Dutz said being in possession of stolen mail and vandilizing mail boxes are criminal offences which could result in jail time. Treena Mielke Photo
Police on lookout BY TREENA MIELKE Rimbey RCMP and Canada Post are teaming up to catch the criminals responsible for an epidemic of mailbox break ins throughout the area and the latest break in to the town’s post office has meant even tighter securty meausres will be in place. Const. Carman Dutz said the break in to the post office was discovered when a resident stopped in to pick up mail early Wednesday morning (Jan. 20). The doors to 14 mailboxes were pried open and mail may have been stolen. Police were immediately alerted. Dutz is hopeful whoever is responsible for the crime will soon be apprehended. “It’s early in the investigation, but people are going by the post office all the time and it is very lit up. It is a location that many people frequent all hours of the day or night and we are hopeful that someone has information
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that would assist in identifying the person or persons responsible for this crime.” While he noted seeing someone in the post office picking up mail isn’t suspicious, seeing someone with a crow bar or screw driver demands immediately attention. “Call the RCMP at once,” he said. Tips from the public help the RCMP to do their job. If you have any information regarding these or any other crimes, please call the local Rimbey RCMP Detachment at (403) 8432224 or Crime Stoppers: Stealing mail is a criminal offence and could net up to 10 years jail time, he added. Stealing mail from rural mailboxes has been somewhat of an epidemic throughout the province, he said, noting Canada Post is doing its part by moving mail boxes inside the municipalities. continued on page 3