{"id":505727,"date":"2026-02-28T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505727\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:18:30","slug":"police-arrest-three-males-following-jaws-of-life-break-and-enters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505727\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest three males following \u201cJaws of Life\u201d break-and-enters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between November and December 2025, the EPS became aware of reports of break-and-enters at firehalls in Water Valley and Calahoo. In both occurrences, it was reported that rescue tools including industrial cutters, a ram and spreaders commonly referred to as the \u201cJaws of Life\u201d were taken from the properties, with the total amount of these tools valued at approximately $110,000. In late December, Sturgeon County issued a release<\/a> about the break-and-enter in Calahoo.<\/p>\n

From Dec. 1, 2025, to Jan. 8, 2026, the EPS investigated approximately 18 break-and-enters in Edmonton, of which 14 involved the stolen \u201cJaws of Life\u201d tools. \u00a0In total, 10 break-and-enters were reported in Southwest Edmonton, five were reported in Southeast Edmonton, two were reported in Northeast Edmonton and one was reported in Sherwood Park. These occurred at various types of retail businesses, and the owners are not known to one another.<\/p>\n

In total, police estimate property damages and retail losses range between $750,000 and $1 M. Items that were stolen from these businesses include high-end bags and jackets, cannabis and vape products and cash from ATMs and safes. <\/p>\n

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Recovered from Calahoo fire hall (L-R): saw, \u201ccombi-tool\u201d, spreader, hoses, b-post simulator, cutter and power pump<\/p>\n

In late January 2026, police arrested Logan Murrell, 30, and Tristin Kaiser, 42. In early February 2026, police arrested Abram Dyck, 47.<\/p>\n

All three males are facing over 200 charges combined, including break and enter to commit theft (x35), disguise with intent (x35) and possession of stolen property over $5,000 (x42).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EPS was able to lead a successful cross-agency partnership to combat a break-and-enter series that impacted multiple communities in Alberta,\u201d says Acting S\/Sgt. Meagan McIntyre with the EPS\u2019 Southwest Branch. \u201cThrough our collaboration with local RCMP detachments, the EPS arrested individuals who caused nearly $1 million in damages to retailers in Edmonton.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis investigation highlights the harm that one small group of offenders can cause to communities,\u201d says S\/Sgt. Darcy McGunigal, the Commander of the Morinville RCMP, \u201cStrong partnerships between policing agencies are essential to combating prolific offenders. We thank the officers of the Edmonton Police Service for their continued dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n

Court dates for Murrell, Dyck and Kaiser have not been set at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between November and December 2025, the EPS became aware of reports of break-and-enters at firehalls in Water Valley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-505727","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\/505727","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=505727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}