A 26 year old woman from Fort Chipewyan has been charged with mischief charges after reporting a stolen vehicle that was not really stolen. The woman reported to the police that her Jeep had been stolen but the truth was a far different story according to investigators. The police allege that the woman actually crashed her own vehicle, and then reported it as stolen after the crash in order to cover up the incident. Rachel Dawn Marten is now facing a count of Public Mischief, and the charge is in connection with allegations that she misled police on April 5th regarding the stolen vehicle report that she made. The allegation against the woman was the result of a thorough investigation by the Fort Chipewyan RCMP.

The mischief charges against Marten because of a stolen vehicle report are not as serious as violent crimes, but the investigation wasted the resources of the RCMP when this was not necessary. Marten reported a stolen vehicle and told police that someone took her Jeep. The vehicle was found by investigators on Dore Lake Road and it was crashed. According to RCMP Cpl. George Camperon “A passing motorist saw the Jeep on its side and that’s how our members were able to find it. Through the course of the investigation, we had determined that Rachel Marten was in fact the driver and crashed the vehicle at the time.” The Fort Chipewyan RCMp allege that Marten was driving the vehicle when the crash occurred and that the stolen vehicle report was false.