On August 30th, 2019, at approximately 4:00 am, the RCMP responded to a report of a recreational vehicles being stolen from a rural property near the McLeese Lake area. The investigation identified multiple suspects and a property of interest was found with additional stolen property. Through out the course of the day, four suspects were arrested and a search warrant was executed on a property situated on Lagerquist Road in the McLeese Lake area. The searched recovered eight recreation vehicles that included a side by side, multiple All Terrain Vehicles and two motorcycles. Several of these all terrain vehicles are determined to be stolen from properties outside the Williams Lake region and the investigative team is in the process of contacting the
rightful owners.
The RCMP are continuing their investigation and will be making recommendations of multiple theft and property charges against the offenders to Crown Counsel. The RCMP would like to thank the public for being vigilant in observing and reporting crimes including suspicious activity in the area as it has been instrumental in these types of investigation.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Williams Lake RCMP at (250) 3926211 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Insp. J.L. (Jeff) Pelley
Officer in Charge
Williams Lake R.C.M.P.
