A Monarch man is facing charges following an RCMP investigation into a break in at a salon in Picture Butte. (Photo: LNN)

By Christian Oldale

RCMP charge man in Picture Butte break and enter

Jan 5, 2024 | 12:23 PM

PICTURE BUTTE, AB – A man faces charges after an RCMP investigation in Picture Butte.

On December 27, 2023, Coaldale RCMP received a report of a break and enter to a Salon in Picture Butte.

Following an investigation, police say a suspect had written cheques to himself using stolen cheques from the break in.

On January 4, 2024, RCMP conducted a search warrant on a property in Monarch, and seized:

• A.22 caliber rifle
• 12 grams of Methamphetamine
• Ammunition
• other pieces of evidence

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As a result of the search, police have charged Lance Trapp of Monarch with multiple charges including:

• Fraud under $5000
• Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
• Possession of unauthorized firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Careless use of a firearm
• Fail to comply with summons

Trapp was taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody. He appeared in court in Lethbridge on January 5.

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