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RCMP seek help finding home invasion suspects

Okotoks RCMP are looking for assistance in tracking down suspects in an early morning home invasion on April 1. At approximately 3 a.m. four males unlawfully entered an Okotoks home and assaulted a 24-year-old male.
Okotoks RCMP are seeking help identifying four suspects involved in an early morning home invasion on April 1.
Okotoks RCMP are seeking help identifying four suspects involved in an early morning home invasion on April 1.

Okotoks RCMP are looking for assistance in tracking down suspects in an early morning home invasion on April 1.

At approximately 3 a.m. four males unlawfully entered an Okotoks home and assaulted a 24-year-old male. RCMP have already arrested a woman in relation to the incident and are still looking to identify the other suspects.

The victim was injured in the home invasion, but he has since been treated and released from hospital.

Okotoks RCMP Cpl. Cory Forsyth said there were items taken during the home invasion, and they have already been located.

“Now we’re just looking for the four suspects,” he said.

RCMP have already arrested one person, but they are hoping someone may have seen the four suspects and may have information that could help identify them.

Three are described as Caucasian males, approximately five-feet-eight-inches tall between 20 to 25 years of age. One had a short brown beard. The fourth suspect is described as a black male approximately five-feet-eight-inches tall between 20 to 25 years of age with short black hair.

Lynn Ann Marie Ballantyne, 23, of Okotoks, has been charged with robbery, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, assault, possess weapon dangerous to public peace and uttering threats. She has been released on her own recognizance and to appear in Okotoks Provincial court on April 24th, 2015.

Forsyth said Ballantyne is known to the victim.

The investigation remains ongoing and RCMP believe this is an isolated incident.

Anyone with information regarding this matter or other crimes are asked to call the Okotoks RCMP at 403-398-4202 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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