Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch
File Number # 2017425188
From: Morinville RCMP
Good Morning,
On October 19th, 2017, Morinville RCMP
received a report of an attempted Theft and Mischief to Telus Communication
Cable located 1 km west of Highway 28 on Township Road 570, in Sturgeon County.
Telus was advised in the early morning of October 19th, 2017 of a
landline systems outage in the area via customer notification. Enquiries from
Telus revealed approximately 400m of cable was cut, dragged into an adjacent
field on the south side of Township Road 570. The cable was recovered, however
the loss resulting from this outage is estimated at $500, which is the result
of time to source the outage, and mobilize technicians to repair the cable.
Police believe the mischief happened between 12:00
am and 4:00 am.
If you have any information about this
matter, please contact the Morinville RCMP at 780-939-4520. 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 (www.crimestoppers.ab.ca
for instructions). You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers,
and if you provide information to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest, the
recovery of stolen property, and/or the seizure of illicit drugs, you may be
eligible for a cash reward. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display
and the identity of the caller will remain anonymous.
