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Your Independent Local Newspaper Established in 1918 VOLUME 103: ISSUE 42
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021
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Lindbrook Shop targeted again by police What’s Owner says she fears for her life; Tofield RCMP declines to comment MOUSH JOHN Editor
An ensuing battle between Lindbrook Shop owner and the Tofield RCMP continue to get the attention of Tofield and area residents. In a more dramatic development on Wednesday, June 9, the Tofield RCMP arrested the shop owner, Hemla Wilson and her older son Logan Wilson in one incident, while the younger son Phillip Wilson was arrested from the Lindbrook Shop in a separate incident. “We were on Rge. Rd 200 when we saw two unmarked RCMP trucks coming straight toward us,” Wilson said. “We recognized the driver of one of the vehicles as Sgt. Lee Knelsen, who is the incharge of the Tofield detachment here in town. He used his vehicle to ram into us forcing our truck with us still in it into the garage of a property on that dirt road. “He struck the driver side of the truck where my son was, and drew their weapons, and
pointed their guns at our heads and told us to put our hands up. I believe that this was an attempt on my son’s life as well as mine.” According to Wilson, the next thing she knew was that a masked man dressed up in a costume and holding armour had bashed the passenger side window of the truck. She said she was manhandled and yanked out, thrown up against the garage with her arms up, got patted down, and her arms were yanked behind her back and cuffed tightly. “I asked him for some water, and he refused to give us any,” she continued. “While I was in a state of shock and extreme duress, he was reading out a document, of which I made no sense at the time. I just needed to know what were the charges on which we were being arrested and treated this way.” While Wilson was taken in one car, her son Logan was taken in the other to Sherwood Park “prison”.
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A frame from the video of arrest at the Lindbrook Store. Seen here to the right is Phillip Wilson being arrested on Wednesday afternoon, June 9 from the Lindbrook Shop. When Sgt. Lee Knelsen was reached out to comment and speak to this incident, especially to the fact as to why Wilson felt “unnecessary and excessive force had been used and had been ambushed” he said, “I have no comment in regards to these allegations. I will leave our media release to disclose our response.” The media release, which was provided was a summation of charges, titled ‘Tofield RCMP charge three related to ongoing non-compliance
with public health orders’. The release stated that on June 7, 2021, the RCMP had located Hemla Wilson while she was operating a motor vehicle and attempted a traffic stop; however, she failed to stop for police. It further went on to say that on June 9, 2021, Tofield RCMP, along with the assistance of the Alberta RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, coordinated a planned arrest of Hemla, Phillip and Logan Wilson on their outstanding warrants and charges.
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According to the release, on June 9, the Alberta RCMP Crime Reduction Unit located Logan Wilson operating a motor vehicle with Hemla Wilson as a passenger and conducted a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to stop for police and continued to a nearby residence where police conducted the vehicle stop. Both Hemla and Logan Wilson were arrested. A planned arrest was coordinated of Phillip Wilson shortly Continued on Page 12
Tofield RCMP responds to suspected impaired drivers PAGE 5
Editorial: WE and The Need to Bring Back Good Governance by MP Damien Kurek PAGE 6
New CAO for Village of Holden PAGE 8