Fairview RCMP lay charges on male

Submitted by staff on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 21:30

On Jan. 24, 2025, Fairview RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious person and vehicle in the area of Range Road 43 and Township Road 824, and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle.

RCMP located inside the vehicle, Friedrich Schmidt (30), a resident of Fairview, who was then charged, for failing to comply with his recent release order conditions. 

Schmidt was brought before a Justice of the Peace, where he was remanded with a court date of Feb. 3, 2025 at the Alberta Court of Justice in Peace River.

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