09-13-2011, 09:54 PM
Randall Hopley faces kidnapping and abduction charges in B.C.
Calgary - Globe and Mail Update
Last updated Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 8:23PM EDT
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Police received “promising information” that Randall Hopley – accused of abducting three-year-old Kienan Hebert -- was just across the boundary with Alberta, zeroing in on the area Monday night and launching a search early Tuesday morning that flushed the suspect out from an abandoned camp.
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Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said Mr. Hopley was arrested at about 10 a.m. Tuesday and his vehicle recovered shortly afterwards.
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Mr. Hopley acted alone, Insp. Fitzpatrick. There was no accomplice, he said. There had been an initial report someone else had run from the area of the arrest, but that turned out to be erroneous, Insp. Fitzpatrick said.
He said there was a very low probability of Kienan being dropped off at his own home. Police had patrols out in the area, concentrating on other spots where they thought there was a better chance Kenan might be found, he said.
Insp. Fitzpatrick emphasized there was no deal between the alleged kidnapper and the Hebert family regarding the youngster’s return.
He said the family’s plea that Kienan be returned was “pure and simply an investigative tactic” by police. “It was an idea to appeal to him (the suspected kidnapper) in a belief he may have been monitoring the media.”
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“He was pretty quiet,” Mr. Gresl said of the suspect. “He was unshaven, that’s for sure. He wasn’t that big, you know. He was in handcuffs.”
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Calgary - Globe and Mail Update
Last updated Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 8:23PM EDT
{SNIP}
Police received “promising information” that Randall Hopley – accused of abducting three-year-old Kienan Hebert -- was just across the boundary with Alberta, zeroing in on the area Monday night and launching a search early Tuesday morning that flushed the suspect out from an abandoned camp.
{SNIP}
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said Mr. Hopley was arrested at about 10 a.m. Tuesday and his vehicle recovered shortly afterwards.
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Mr. Hopley acted alone, Insp. Fitzpatrick. There was no accomplice, he said. There had been an initial report someone else had run from the area of the arrest, but that turned out to be erroneous, Insp. Fitzpatrick said.
He said there was a very low probability of Kienan being dropped off at his own home. Police had patrols out in the area, concentrating on other spots where they thought there was a better chance Kenan might be found, he said.
Insp. Fitzpatrick emphasized there was no deal between the alleged kidnapper and the Hebert family regarding the youngster’s return.
He said the family’s plea that Kienan be returned was “pure and simply an investigative tactic” by police. “It was an idea to appeal to him (the suspected kidnapper) in a belief he may have been monitoring the media.”
{SNIP}
“He was pretty quiet,” Mr. Gresl said of the suspect. “He was unshaven, that’s for sure. He wasn’t that big, you know. He was in handcuffs.”
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