On April 19, the Drayton Valley RCMP responded to a complaint of a home invasion with a firearm in Drayton Valley, with the victim having been transported to the Drayton Valley hospital.
While police members were gathering information about this complaint, RCMP were dispatched to a secondary complaint of a male that had been stabbed multiple times at a rural property in Brazeau, County.
After a thorough investigation, police determined that the two events were related and perpetrated by the same suspects.
As a result of this investigation, the Drayton Valley RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence in Tomahawk, Alta., and Red Deer City RCMP assisted with executing a secondary search warrant in Red Deer.
The two suspects were arrested in Red Deer by the RCMP Emergency Response Team, without incident.
Both suspects were known to police and both events were targeted, with no ongoing risk to the general public.
As a result of the investigation, the following were arrested:
Robert Blackwell (34), a resident of Red Deer, was charged with:
- Robbery with a firearm
- Breaking and entering
- Forcible confinement while using a firearm
- Assault causing bodily harm (X3)
- Assault with a weapon (X3)
- Other firearm-related offences (x3)
- Other weapon-related offences (x8)
- Failure to comply with court orders (X5)
Brittney Goulden (34), a resident of Tomahawk, was charged with:
- Robbery with a firearm
- Breaking and entering
- Forcible confinement while using a firearm
- Assault causing bodily harm (X2)
- Assault with a weapon (X2)
- Aggravated assault
Blackwell and Goulden were brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody.
They are to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Breton, Alta., on April 23.
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