Police say gun Fort McMurray man didn’t report misplaced or stolen utilized in B.C. kidnapping

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A Fort McMurray man has been charged after he allegedly didn’t inform police about his misplaced or stolen firearms. Investigators say not less than a kind of firearms have been utilized in a kidnapping in British Columbia earlier this yr.

The Alberta Regulation Enforcement Response Workforce (ALERT) started their investigation when police discovered a firearm allegedly used within the April 2023 kidnapping. It was registered to the Fort McMurray man and a search warrant of his house in Eagle Ridge was secured.

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Officers seized three handguns, a bolt-action rifle, a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and 1,200 rounds of various ammunition. Police additionally seized an expired Possession and Acquisition License (PAL), magazines and firearms circumstances. 4 firearms are lacking.

Police don’t consider he was concerned within the kidnapping, however started their investigation after they suspected firearms offences.

“This seems to be the case of a firearm discovering its method into the felony market, and any firearms investigation must be checked out totally,” Employees Sgt. Mark Wait of ALERT Fort McMurray stated in an announcement. “If we see that one firearm has made its method into the neighborhood, it begs the query of what number of extra, what different crimes might they be utilized in, and that’s one thing we take very severely.”

Jesse Matieschyn, 39, is dealing with 5 counts of failing to report a misplaced or stolen restricted firearm. He has been launched from custody and is scheduled to look in court docket Oct. 11.

Anybody with details about any lacking folks or felony exercise is requested to contact Wooden Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4040 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Tricks to Crime Stoppers are at all times nameless and may be despatched to tipsubmit.com.

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