On May 31, 2025, officers with Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle which was operating without daytime running lights. During the stop, officers observed unstamped tobacco in the vehicle and arrested the two occupants of the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle incidental to arrest resulted in officers locating and seizing a loaded handgun, which was determined to be stolen.
Gordon Rawlyk 49, a resident of Grande Prairie, has been charged with the following and was also breaching his Conditional Sentence Order:
- Careless storage of a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of restricted firearm
- Possession of restricted weapon in motor vehicle
- Possession of loaded restricted firearm
- Possession of restricted weapon contrary to order x2
After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, Rawlyk was remanded into custody to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on June 2, 2025. His subsequent appearance will be on June 26, 2025.
Justin Reneau 32, a resident of Hythe, has been charged with the following:
- Careless storage of a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of restricted firearm
- Possession of restricted weapon in motor vehicle
- Possession of loaded restricted firearm
After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, Reneau was released from custody to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on June 9, 2025.
Information provided by the Grande Prairie RCMP