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Medicine Hat woman sentenced to two years in prison in mail theft case

Oct 16, 2026 | 9:31 AM

A Medicine Hat woman was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for her involvement in mail theft in Medicine Hat.

On the evening of April 10, 2024, police arrested Cassandra Chenoweth as she left the scene of a reported theft in progress at a community mailbox.

Police later executed search warrants at two storage lockers in the city and at a local residence.

Officers recovered thousands of reported and unreported mail items, including both letters and parcels.

Investigators with the Medicine Hat Police Service had linked Chenoweth to up to 30 mailbox thefts in the city and surrounding area.

Canada Post worked to return the recovered mail and packages once they were no longer needed for the investigation.

The 44-year-old Chenoweth faced several mail-related theft charges in Medicine Hat court.

Charges she was sentenced for include:

  • Theft of mail
  • Possession of break-in instruments
  • Making, possessing, and using a copy of a key
  • Possession or use of an illegally obtained credit card
  • Identity theft
  • Possession of property obtained by crime worth $5,000 or less
  • Identity document offences
  • Possession of property obtained by crime worth more than $5,000
  • Possession of forged documents
  • Unauthorized use of credit card data
  • Fraud of $5,000
  • Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000

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