The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

CHESTERMERE – When a landlord stopped by his rental property in West Lakeview Place on Sunday, Dec. 18 to do a scheduled inspection, he was surprised to find that the locks had been changed on the residence. After determining that no one was home, the landlord called for members of the Chestermere RCMP to be present when gaining entry to the home. Once insides, he discovered numerous marihuana plants in the basement. This residence was then sealed off by officers, and the scene was maintained until additional members of the RCMP could obtain a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs [...]

CHESTERMERE – On Dec. 6 at around 10 a.m., members of the Chestermere RCMP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence located in the West Lakeview Circle area of Chestermere. The warrant was for the production and possession of marihuana for the purpose of trafficking. This is the seventh grow operation that the Chestermere RCMP has discovered this year, and Staff Sgt. Glenn Henry said that the situation with this residence was different than most of the ones they have discovered, as the person was actually residing where the grow op was taking place. “It’s [...]

CHESTERMERE – On Nov. 30 around 1:55 a.m., the Calgary Police Service alerted members of the Chestermere RCMP that a stolen vehicle was being followed out of the city into Chestermere. A short time later, it was relayed to the RCMP that the suspected stolen vehicle, a Chrysler Concord, had crashed into the large rock sign along Rainbow Road near Our Lady of Wisdom School. It was reported that the had driver fled from the crash on foot. Members of the Calgary Police Service, Chestermere RCMP and Strathmore RCMP, along with a police service dog from the Calgary Police Service, [...]

CHESTERMERE – On Nov. 22, 2011 at around 2 a.m., members of the Chestermere RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Range Road 284 near Highway 1. A black 1995 Honda Civic was followed out of Chestermere and pulled over after the license plate information failed to match the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was then determined to have outstanding warrants for his arrest. Incident to his arrest, a small amount of marihuana was located on his person. A further search of his vehicle resulted in the location and seizure of approximately 100 grams of methamphetamine. Additionally, electronic scales, baggies [...]

During the evening of September 16, 2011 members of the Chestermere RCMP Detachment assisted a Calgary Police Service targeted enforcement team with a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a Chestermere residence in the area of East Lakeview Court. The Calgary Police Service had been investigating cocaine trafficking at a business in Calgary for an extended period of time. Information obtained through this investigation led to the CDSA search warrant in Chestermere. Two Chestermere residents were arrested and will be charged for cocaine possession/trafficking in Calgary. Neither of the arrests took place in Chestermere. Incident to the [...]

At around 4:00 a.m. on August 28th, 2011 someone caused significant damage to a vehicle parked at a residence on the 800 block of West Chestermere Drive. Suspect(s) used a rock to break one of the vehicle windows. There appears no motive for this criminal activity other than vandalism. The Chestermere RCMP encourage citizens watch out in their neighborhoods and to report any suspicious activity right away. Anyone with information regarding this, or any crime is asked to contact the Chestermere RCMP at (403) 204-8777 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or through the internet at www.tipsubmit.com. Crime stoppers will pay [...]

For the past number of months the Chestermere RCMP Detachment have attended to a number of residential break and enters in Chestermere. Suspect(s) have forced their way into unoccupied homes during day time hours. Points of entry vary and include forcing open back doors, front doors and basement windows. Items such as jewelry, cameras, electronic games, computers and televisions have been stolen. In some cases residential alarms were activated and the culprits fled prior to police attendance. There has been an increase in residential break and enters this year over last year which is a trend many communities face. The [...]

During the late morning hours of July 14, 2011 members of the Chestermere RCMP with support from the joint forces Calgary Police Service – RCMP “Green Team South” executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence located in the Parkmere Green area of Chestermere. No persons were found inside the residence at the time of the warrant execution. Located in the basement was a three stage soil based hydroponic grow with 1074 marihuana plants seized in various stages of growth with a street value estimated to exceed 1.3 million dollars. This particular grow op involved both [...]

Chestermere, Alberta 2011 June 15 Residential Construction Work Place Injury On June 15, 2011 at approximately 1:20 p.m. a residential construction worker working on a new home in the Aspenmere Close area of Chestermere fell about thirty feet sustaining significant injuries. The construction worker, a 52 year old male from Calgary, was on the second floor of the new house when he fell landing in the basement. The injuries were serious requiring STARS air ambulance to attend. There were a number of workers at the construction zone at the time who immediately assisted and called for help. The scene was [...]

Chestermere, Alberta June 7, 2011 Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision On the morning of May 30, 2011, at approximately 3:00 am, a hit and run motor vehicle collision occurred on Rainbow Falls Drive in Chestermere, AB. The suspect vehicle side swiped a parked red car on the road and left the scene. The parked red car had the passengers side mirror broken off and drivers side scraped. The suspect vehicle likely has damage to the front and passenger side and likely red paint residue. If anyone has any information in this crime or any other please contact the Chestermere [...]