By Eli J. Ridder

Suspect charged in Medicine Hat mail box break-ins

Apr 16, 2024 | 4:25 PM

Mail boxes across Medicine Hat may now be safe.

A 41-year-old Medicine Hat woman has been charged with a series of mail and theft related offences, the Medicine Hat Police Service said on Tuesday.

Hatters have been on edge as Canada Post community mailboxes were broken into across the city over the last three months.

During the evening of April 10, the MHPS received a report a theft in progress from a community mailbox and as a result, MHPS patrol officers attended to the area and located a female suspect leaving the scene.

The woman was taken into custody and found to be in possession of break in tools as well as hundreds of items of mail.

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The MHPS Criminal Investigation Section took over the investigation and searched a local residence as well as executed two search warrants on storage lockers within the city.

Thousands of reported and unreported items of mail, both in letter and parcel form were recovered.

Following this investigation, Cassandra Chenoweth of Medicine Hat has been charged with several mail / theft related offences.

Chenoweth was held in custody for a Judicial Interm Release hearing and was released from custody.

Chenoweth is scheduled to appear in provincial court on May 8.

The investigation is ongoing as MHPS investigators are now working closely with Canada Post Inspectors and its is expected further charges will be laid.

Additionally with the assistance of Canada Post the recovered mail and packages will be returned to their intended recipients when they are no longer required for investigational purposes.

CHAT News will be following the case through the courts.