Brooks RCMP seek suspects in attempted catalytic converter theft

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 3, 2023.

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Mounties in Brooks are searching for an older BMW after its occupants were reportedly attempting to steal another vehicles’ catalytic converter Wednesday night.

The Brooks RCMP detachment reports that two witnesses say they got into a confrontation with the car’s driver and passenger before it sped away with a smashed driver’s window from 270 Aquaduct Dr. at about 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The vehicle is described as a silver 2002 BMW 351xi with sunroof, tinted tail lights and was seen bearing two different Alberta licence plates, ZHB-846 and CND-8497.

Witnesses say the car pulled up alongside a parked vehicle before a male passenger exited and slid beneath a parked car. Catalytic converters are part of the exhaust system and contain precious metals.

Anyone with information should contact the Brooks detachment at 403-632-5535.

Two arrested in SW Sask home invasion

A man and woman from Kyle, Sask. are in custody facing breaking and entering and weapons charges after RCMP were called to a break-in at Pennent, about 50 km northwest of Swift Current on Feb. 22.

Swift Current Rural detachment responded at 10 a.m. to the call from a home occupant where the single occupant was unharmed but gave information about the potential robbers, a release states.

The suspects were apprehended near noon at a nearby trailer park, and a search of a home turned up a shotgun, knife and disguises, according to police.

A suspected vehicle was found later in the day on Northhill Road in Swift Current.

Charged are Ashley Decoste, 37, and Jospeh Denis, 50, both of Kyle, with break and enter with a firearm, wearing a disguise during a robbery and using a firearm during a robbery.

Denis faces four other weapons related charges.

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