ST. PAUL - A St. Paul business sustained thousands of dollars worth of damage following a break and enter and theft, last week.
At about 7:53 a.m.on Aug. 5, St. Paul RCMP received a report of a break and enter and theft that occurred sometime overnight at a construction company in the St. Paul area.
"Police attended the scene and discovered that a white 2007 Ford flat deck truck had been stolen and that thousands of dollars of damages had been caused to the property as a result of the break in," according to RCMP.
RCMP from across the region worked together to locate the stolen vehicle. Cold Lake RCMP in collaboration with the Bonnyville General Investigative Section (GIS), Cold Lake GIS and the Lakeland Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) were able to recover the stolen vehicle and arrest the two suspects who police believe were involved in the break and enter.
John Cook, 26, of Cold Lake and Brittany Steinhauer, 29, of Saddle Lake were charged jointly with breaking and entering to commit an indictable offence, according to RCMP. Cook was also charged with failing to comply with the conditions of a release order.
Both the accused had a judicial hearing and Cook was remanded into custody and was set to appear on Aug. 10 in Lac La Biche Provincial Court. Steinhauer was released and will be appearing in St. Paul Provincial Court on Aug. 13.
