Maidstone鈥撀� The North Battleford Provincial General Investigation Section of the RCMP,听in聽conjunction with the Maidstone RCMP Detachment, as well as several other RCMP Detachments were involved in a lengthy investigation聽into a series of large scale crude oil thefts in the Maidstone, Lloydminster, Cutknife, and Kitscoty, Alta.,听areas.听 This investigation spanned over the course of several months.听聽On January 19, 2016,听police arrested聽Bruce Russell Hardy, a sixty one year聽old male from Lashburn, Saskatchewan, in relation to these thefts.
Bruce Russell Hardy has subsequently been聽charged with seven counts of theft over $5000, contrary to Section 334 of the Criminal Code. He is scheduled for his first appearance on聽February 23 in Lloydminster Provincial Court.
