Consort and Coronation RCMP developed a strategic plan with local industry to locate suspects on oil sites stealing copper wire.
On July 10, 2024, at 4:30 a.m., as a result of this partnership, officers were able to locate three suspects at an oil site in the process of stealing copper wire. The suspects were taken into custody without incident. A prohibited device (taser) and a significant quantity of narcotics were later discovered in their vehicle.
As a result of the investigation Consort RCMP have arrested three individuals:
Jonathan Daniel Scheffelmaier, (43), a resident of Redwater, Alta., and Kenneth Allan Staudt, (35) a resident of Galahad, Alta., has been charge with break and enter, possession of break and enter instruments; possession of property obtained by crime; possession of a prohibited device; possession of a controlled substance; and failing to comply with a Release Orders.
Both Schelffelmaier and Staudt were taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded. Schelff was remanded and will appear in court July 12, 2024 and Staudt was taken before a Justice of the Peace and was released with conditions and will appear Aug. 9, 2024, both at the Alberta Court of Justice in Coronation, Alta.
Nicole Michelle Geier (38), a resident of Donalda, Alta., has been charged with break and enter; possession of break and enter instruments; possession of property obtained by crime; and possession of a controlled substance.
Geier was taken before a Justice of the Peace and released on with conditions. Her next court appearance is on Sept. 13, 2024 at the Alberta Court of Justice in Coronation, Alta.
