News release

Vulcan RCMP and partners arrest male for arson

August 15, 2025 - Vulcan County, Alberta
From: Alberta RCMP

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On July 31, 2025, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Vulcan RCMP responded to house fire in Vulcan County. Once the residents were confirmed safe, an investigation into the suspicious nature of the fire was initiated. It was also discovered that a vehicle and several guns had been stolen from the property of the house fire.

On Aug.1, 2025, near Olds, Alta., a male was observed setting small fires in the middle of the road. The male was then reported to have abandoned a vehicle and departed on foot through a field. Olds RCMP responded and recovered the stolen vehicle along with some of the guns which were stolen the day before in Vulcan County.

Collaboration between Vulcan RCMP, Olds RCMP and Fire Investigators, led to an arrest on Aug. 13, 2025. An individual, a resident of Okotoks, Alta., was arrested in Vulcan. The individual has been charged with the following:

From Vulcan RCMP:

• Arson
• Theft of a Motor Vehicle
• Break and Enter and theft (x2)
• Theft over $5000

From Olds RCMP:

• Possession of a firearm knowing possession is unauthorized (x2)
• Possession of a firearm obtained by offence (x2)
• Possess weapon dangerous to the public (x2)
• Careless storage of a firearm (x2)
• Possess property obtained by crime (x2)

After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, the individual was remanded into custody with a next court appearance in the Alberta Court of Justice in Lethbridge on Aug. 21, 2025.

A second person was also arrested for arson and theft, and was released on documents to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Lethbridge on Oct. 8, 2025. The person cannot be named as the charges have not been sworn before the courts. 

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