After a number of church buildings have been burnt down in Ponoka, Bashaw and Wetaskiwin since January, two suspects have been charged.
Bashaw RCMP acquired a report on February 13 that St. Michaels Hungarian Church burned down. Officers found the church was a complete loss.
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This isn’t the primary church fireplace Alberta RCMP have responded to just lately.
Since January 2023, Ponoka, Bashaw and Wetaskiwin RCMP have responded to “a number of studies of vandalism to space church buildings … with church buildings being the goal of mischief starting from a rock by a window to entry being gained and vital injury to the inside,” RCMP stated. Tuesday in a information launch.
Investigators believed some or the entire incidents concerned the identical suspects.
The three RCMP divisions joined forces and shared details about the information. Residents additionally helped, sharing photographs of the suspects throughout a group assembly and figuring out the people.
On February 14, two suspects turned themselves in to Bashaw RCMP.
Cameron Moses Wright, 18, of Ponoka County, and a juvenile offender who can’t be named, was charged with arson, 13 misdemeanor counts and 10 counts of breaking and getting into.
Wright was launched and can seem in courtroom on April 13 in Stettler.
The younger offender has been launched and can seem in courtroom on April 11.
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“Right now, there isn’t any proof to counsel that these crimes have been politically or ideologically motivated,” RCMP stated.
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