RCMP RELEASE:
On March 13, 2025, Lac La Biche RCMP received a complaint of a break and enter in progress at an Alberta Parks Shop yard in Lac La Biche County. The three suspects stole fuel before they fled in a truck. The truck was located in the ditch a few kilometres away with the suspects fleeing into the woods.
St. Paul RCMP Police Dog Services (PDS), along with Eastern Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), Athabasca Traffic Services and Lac La Biche RCMP, set up containment to track the suspects. Nearing the end of the track, Lac La Biche RCMP received a call of a second break and enter involving the theft of firearms. All resources, including a remotely piloted aircraft system (drone), relocated to that area. RCMP issued a shelter in place to ensure the safety of all residents in the area. After a rigorous track, St Paul RCMP PDS located and arrested a male without incident.
During the arrest of the male suspect, Lac La Biche RCMP was dispatched to a complaint of a suspicious female on the rail road tracks near the previous search area. The female was located, and further investigation lead to her arrest for the initial break and enter.
Trenton Cole Cardinal (30), a resident of Edmonton, has been charged with the following:
- Break and Enter with intent to steal a firearm
- Break and Enter with Intent (x2)
- Theft of a Motor Vehicle (x2)
- Possess firearm while prohibited (x5)
- Theft under $5000.00
- Possession of property obtained by Crime over $5000
Caitlin Mary Brereton (31), a resident of Kikino Metis Settlement, has been charged with the following;
- Theft under $5000.00
- Possession of property obtained by Crime over $5000
- Break and Enter with Intent
After Judicial Interim Release Hearings, Both Cardinal and Brereton were remanded in custody to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Lac La Biche on March 17, 2025. On March 17, 2025, Cardinal was remanded in custody to appear again on March 31, and Bereton was released on a Release Order with several conditions. She will also appear on March 31, 2025.
