Police are looking for a man with a cut on his arm who broke into a hair salon on Aug. 15.
The man was caught on security camera when he broke the glass on the Hair By Design salon’s entry door around 11:40 p.m. The salon is located in the Tudor Glen area of St. Albert. The man was alone and it is believed that he stole a small amount of money from the business.
He is described as six-feet tall, with a slender build, wearing blue jeans, black shoes, and a light-coloured hooded sweatshirt. He also had a fresh cut on his arm.
Anyone with information about this man is asked to call the RCMP at 780-458-7700, or if you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
A marijuana plantation northwest of Morinville is no more.
RCMP found 54 marijuana plants during a search of a rural Sturgeon County property on Aug. 20. Two men were arrested and one person is now facing charges for the production of marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
The RCMP says each yield of this plantation could have earned its producers up to $240,000. That is, however, only a fraction of the dollars the drugs would earn sellers on the street, the police say.
Criminals continue to defraud St. Albert residents of thousands of dollars, the RCMP reports. In July and August, there have been 17 reports of fraud, with three different scams being the most common.
In the grandparent scam, which is also called the emergency scam, the fraudster calls and pretends to be a family member in need of bail money to get out of jail. He or she asks that the money be immediately deposited into a trust account, hoping the person they are calling will not double-check if the information is true. St. Albert residents have lost almost $6,000 to this scam this summer, which mostly targets grandparents, the RCMP says.
In another scam, the criminal claims to be an undercover security inspector for a bank and asks the resident to withdraw cash “to test the teller’s honesty.” The resident is then asked to meet the inspector in the parking lot of the bank and hand over the cash. The residents are told that the money will be re-deposited into their account but this never happens. The RCMP warns that no Canadian bank will ever test their tellers in this way. St. Albert residents lost over $9,000 to this scam this summer.
The third most popular scam is the Canada Revenue scam. The fraudster calls to tell someone that they owe taxes. The criminals then threaten that they have a warrant for the person’s arrest or say they have frozen the resident’s bank account. They even threaten that they are going to come and seize the resident’s property unless they pay the money right away. The Canada Revenue Agency does not operate this way, RCMP says. The agency also asks that any such calls be reported to the police. This summer, residents lost over $1,000 to this scam. Many more have been frightened by it.
The RCMP ask that anyone who gets a suspicious call contact the RCMP or their bank right away. Do not send money without discussing the situation with a trusted person, or visit antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca to learn about common scams and how to report them.
