{"id":505639,"date":"2026-02-28T17:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505639\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:15:20","slug":"tools-stolen-from-fire-stations-used-in-edmonton-break-and-enters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505639\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools stolen from fire stations used in Edmonton break-and-enters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police say rescue equipment stolen from two Alberta fire stations late last year, including a tool commonly known as the \u201cjaws of life,\u201d were used in 14 break-and-enters in Edmonton, leading to thousands of dollars in theft and property damage.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service says three men are facing charges, including break and enter to commit theft, disguise with intent, and possession of stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say it began with <a href=\"https:\/\/edmonton.citynews.ca\/2025\/12\/23\/rescue-equipment-stolen-fire-station-sturgeon-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">break-and-enters at firehalls<\/a> in Water Valley and Calahoo in November and December 2025 where industrial cutters, a cut saw, a ram, a generator, and spreaders (\u201cjaws of life\u201d) were reportedly stolen. The tools were worth about $110,000, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police say between Dec. 1, 2025, and Jan. 8, 2026, they investigated 18 break-and-enters \u2013 mostly across Edmonton, and one in Sherwood Park. Of those, police say 14 involved the stolen \u201cjaws of life\u201d tools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese occurred at various types of retail businesses, and the owners are not known to one another,\u201d EPS said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Items stolen include cash from ATMs and safes, high-end bags and jackets, and cannabis and vape products. Police estimate retail losses and property damages range between $750,000 and $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Edmonton police arrested Logan Murrell, 30, and Tristin Kaiser, 42. Earlier this month, police arrested Abram Dyck, 47. They are facing more than 200 combined charges.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations have not been tested in court, and no court dates have been set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say rescue equipment stolen from two Alberta fire stations late last year, including a tool commonly known&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-505639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}