Consort RCMP makes arrest after oil site theft

CONSORT - On July 7, 2025, Alpha Bow Energy filed a complaint with the Consort RCMP stating that someone had attended one of their oil sites in Special Area 4, Alta. They had caused considerable damage and stolen copper wire from the site. Consort RCMP, with assistance from Coronation RCMP, set up surveillance on the site as information suggested that they would return. On July 8, 2025, at 2:30 a.m., the suspect returned to the site. Members from Consort and Coronation RCMP arrested a male suspect who was driving in a vehicle filed with lengths of copper wire.

As a result of the investigation, Nathaniel David Turner (26), a resident of British Columbia, was charged with:

• Break and enter with intent;

• Possession of break in tools;

• Theft under $5000;

• Mischief under $5000; and

• Failure to comply with court order.

Turner was brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody. He is to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in Coronation on July 11, 2025.