City of St Albert : RCMP - Crime Stoppers - St. Albert RCMP Investigate Theft From Construction Site

For Immediate Release | January 17, 2018

File: 2018-71865

St. Albert RCMP is investigating a theft of equipment valued in excess of $ 60,000 from a construction site in St. Albert.

Sometime between the evening of January 16th, 2018 and the early morning hours of January 17th, 2018 unknown individual(s) attended a construction site located at the intersection of Coal Mine Road and St. Albert Trail and stole a large blue utility trailer bearing licence plate BPR7244 . The trailer was loaded with two custom made dollies used to transport houses and other large structures. A number of attachments for the dollies were taken including a 12 lengths of Angle Iron.

Also stolen from the site was approximately 500ft of welding cable and copper.

Police would like to advise residents to keep this incident in mind should they be considering purchasing construction equipment secondhand or via the internet. The investigation is ongoing.

If you have information about this or any crime, please call the St. Albert R.C.M.P. at 780-458-7700 or call your local police. If you want to remain anonymous you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), by Internet at www.tipsubmit.com or by SMS (check your local Crime Stoppers www.crimestoppers.ab.ca for instructions).

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