According to the Wood Buffalo RCMP phone scams are becoming more common, and law enforcement is warning the community about these scams in the hope that fewer people will be victimized. Several complaints have been made to the police about scams and with software that can be programmed to display any number it is no…
Read moreThe Wood Buffalo RCMP received a tip on drug trafficking through Crime Stoppers. Someone reported that a male and female were dealing drugs from an apartment building in Thickewood, and on July 15, 2016 the Wood Buffalo RCMP Drug Unit responded and 2 individuals were arrested. According to Cpl. George Cameron, the spokesperson for the…
Read moreThe Wood Buffalo RCMP needs help from the public so they can solve a 2007 disappearance. The last time that Shelley Ann Waquan was seen she was in downtown Fort McMurray on July 1, 2007, but police stated that she did visit Edmonton at times. Waquan is reported as missing and no one has seen…
Read more18 year old Fort McMurray resident Taetm Lucaas D. Moon is wanted by the Wood Buffalo RCMP for breaking and entering as well as other crimes. The alleged crimes occurred on June 9, 2016 in the vicinity of Timberlea and Thickwood, and Moon is facing 5 counts of possession of property obtained by crime as…
Read moreWhile most of the community was safe after the wildfire evacuation there have been a few stories of people acting less than honorably. According to the Wood Buffalo RCMP one of these incidents involved a Quebec contractor who was working in Wood Buffalo. According to the charges filed police investigate a safe in a Beacon…
Read moreThe Wood Buffalo RCMP is back to full operation after the wildfire evacuation and destruction, and everything is in place so that the re-entry for those evacuated can go ahead as planned so far. RCMP Superintendant Rob McCloy recently gave the Wood Buffalo council a presentation and he told the council that morale was extremely…
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