The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

CHESTERMERE – On Dec. 20 at around 9:30 p.m., two males in their late 30′s entered the Sobey’s Liquore Store in Chestermere. A staff member recognized one of the males as being in the store a week earlier on Dec. 13, as he was captured on video surveillance, stealing numerous bottles of liquor. Both males were in the store for approximately 10 to 15 minutes, and were again captured on video while inside. One male, who is described as a Caucasian male in his late 30′s with blonde hair and scruffy facial hair, tried to distract the store employees by [...]

CHESTERMERE – After hearing from some community members about counterfeit currency making it’s way around Chestermere, and because the new Canadian currency is on it’s way, the local RCMP decided that it would be important to let the community know how to get informed about handling currency. To provide this information, particularly about the new polymer bills, the local detachment has pamphlets on hand that provide all of they key things to know. For instance, the new bills have nine security features on them, compared to the old bills which only had five. The information package will provide more information [...]

CHESTERMERE – In June of this year, the Chestermere RCMP detachment welcomed Cst. Kendra Kohalmi to the team. The 23-year-old, who is from Manitoba originally, accepted her first posting in Chestermere after completing her training at the end of May. She said that in the five months she has been here, she has already seen and learned a lot. “I’ve been involved in a few good cases since I’ve been here, there were a few high priority things which were good to be a part of,” she said. “There’s always a wide variety of things going on. “It’s diverse and [...]

CHESTERMERE – The Chestermere RCMP is welcoming another new member to the detachment, as Constable Trevor Edelman joined the team last month. Edelman graduated from the RCMP depot in Regina on Sept. 19, and began work in Chestermere on Sept. 22. The 28-year-old was born in Calgary but spent some time living in Saskatchewan, where he graduated high school. He did some missions traveling in Mexico before deciding to officially pursue a career with the RCMP. “It was just one of those things I always wanted to do since I was younger,” Edelman said of why he decided to become [...]

CHESTERMERE – When a search and rescue effort turned into a victim recovery situation last month on Chestermere Lake, the local RCMP were left scrambling to find a way to conduct operations in the right manner. Luckily, local resident John Kittler approached them and offered them the use of his lakefront property on East Chestermere Drive. It was from there that the RCMP were able to launch boats, store equipment, and generally conduct their operations out of the public eye while searching for Richis Bondo Katumbay of Calgary, who drowned on Aug. 6. Staff Sgt. Glenn Henry said that he [...]

Just after 8:00 PM last night, September 25th, 2011 the Chestermere RCMP Detachment received calls from the public reporting two or three shots fired in a parking lot for several local businesses. RCMP members immediately attended the scene and discovered two male individuals, who had suffered physical assault injuries but not gunshot wounds. These two individual were attended by EMS personnel and then transported to hospital via ground ambulance. It is believe that a large number of persons, up to approximately 20) were involved in a physical confrontation at this location. The scene was secured for a close examination and [...]

On August 15, 2011, at approximately 10:22pm, the Calgary Police Service requested assistance from Chestermere RCMP Detachment. A shooting had taken place in Calgary and the suspect was being followed by the Calgary Police Service HAWCS helicopter. The suspect attended a residence in Chestermere, where officers from Calgary Police Service, Chestermere RCMP and Strathmore RCMP staged outside. The suspect was taken into custody without incident, and was turned over to Calgary Police. Comedian and singer Andrew Johns is performing this Friday, Aug 19 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Lakeside Golf Club. Call 403-569-9111 ext. 201 to book a reservation. [...]

On June 12, 2011 select members of the Chestermere RCMP Detachment attended a “Top Cop” fitness competition in Drumheller, Alberta. Seven members of the local detachment put their fitness levels to the test proving they had what it takes to be a “Top Cop”. The competition has the participants running an obstacle course that includes a 60 step stair climb with a police 25 pound tactical pack, hoisting a 30 pound tactical pack up the 40 foot tower, climbing over a four foot fence, crawling through a tunnel eight feet long, using an eight pound mallet to simulate a forced [...]