Police charge two people, recover stolen vehicle and firearms

Lethbridge Police have charged a male and female after a stolen vehicle containing numerous stolen firearms was recovered in a southside parking lot.

On August 20 around 11:30 a.m., a member of the Property Crimes Unit observed a vehicle in a parking lot along the 300 block of Scenic Drive South and confirmed it had previously been reported stolen from Claresholm. Review of CCTV footage helped police identify two people associated to the vehicle. They were located a short time later and arrested without incident. During a search incidental to arrest, the male was found in possession of methamphetamine. 

During a search of the vehicle, police seized ammunition and 10 firearms – stolen from a residential break and enter in Claresholm.  

Tia Danielle Kikoak, 29, of Calgary, is charged with:
10 counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
10 counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm in a vehicle
8 counts of possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of an offence
4 counts of failing to comply with release order conditions
Possession of firearm/weapon obtained by an offence
Possession of the proceeds of crime

Alan Ray McAbee, 46, of no fixed address, is charged with:
10 counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
10 counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm in a vehicle
8 counts of possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of an offence
5 counts of failing to comply with release order conditions
2 counts possessing a firearm with the serial number altered, defaced or removed
Possession of a firearm/weapon obtained by an offence
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession of the proceeds of crime

Following Judicial Interim Release hearings, Kikoak and McAbee were both remanded in custody. Kikoak was scheduled to appear in court today and McAbee on September 3.