Tuesday, September 14, 2010

RCMP Seek Help In Missing Moncton Man

Codiac Regional RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a 43-year-old Moncton man missing for over a month. Michael Andrew Blakney was reported missing to police last week but was last seen in early August while riding his bicycle in Moncton.

Blakney is of average build, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing approximately 150lbs, and has black hair. He also walks with a limp. Blakney uses prescription glasses and often wears a ball cap. Family and friends say he rides a one speed bicycle everywhere and is known to ride regularly on trails to Sackville and Petitcodiac.

Blakney has a seasonal job and his employer states that Blakney did not report for work like he usually does each fall. Investigators have also learned there have been no calls on his cellular phone and no bank transactions since early August.

Anyone with information about Michael Andrew Blakney is asked to call Codiac Regional RCMP at 857-2400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Green Party Takes On A Natural Look

As you head around the traffic circle in St. Stephen you may wonder why there are some scarecrows stuck in the grass with all the Political signs.

It's the Green approach to The Green Party's Political Sign.

RCMP Arrest 3 People in Robbery

St Stephen RCMP have arrested two men and one youth in connection with robbery that happened in Baillie late Sunday night. The Three are being held in custody and will be appearing in Provincial Court.

Sergeant Bob MacKnight tells us police responded to a complaint of a the home invasion just after it happened at the home in Baillie.

The investigation determined that three were responsible, and Police also tell us one of the men used a firearm against a person insie of the house, although no one suffered serious injury.