Rocky RCMP arrest repeat offender on multiple charges

On May 28, 2024 Rocky Mountain House RCMP with the assistance of the RCMP Southern Alberta Emergency Response Team arrested Elijah Strawberry who was wanted on warrants, at a residence on the O’Chiese First Nation. A Search Warrant was subsequently executed at the residence during which a search yielded the following:

• An unsecured sawed-off rifle;
• Numerous unsecured rounds of ammunition;
• Approximately 3.5 grams of methamphetamine.

As a result,  22-year-old Elijah Strawberry, a resident of O’Chiese First Nation, has been charged with:

• Careless use of a firearm;
• Possession of a firearm while unauthorized;
• Possession of a firearm knowing possession is unauthorized;
• Possession of unloaded prohibited firearm together with readily accessible ammunition;
• Alter, deface or remove the serial number on a firearm;
• Possession of a firearm contrary to order (X2);
• Uttering threats;
• Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose;
• Carrying a concealed weapon;
• Breach of Probation;
• Possession of controlled substance.

Strawberry was taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for May 30, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice  in Red Deer.