Police seek public’s assistance in locating missing 31-year-old man

The Edmonton Police Service is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man who was last seen around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016.

Wen Fu Guan, 31, is described as a Chinese male with glasses, dark brown eyes and black hair. He is approximately 5’6” tall and weighs approximately 120 lbs.

Guan was last seen leaving his residence, driving a white Mitsubishi Outlander (2003 model), Alberta license place BRL 4979. Officers are asking the public to report any sightings of this individual or vehicle to police.

Guan’s disappearance is out of character and there are concerns for his well-being.  

       
MISSING: Wen Fu Guan, 31,

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Anyone who has information about this individual or vehicle is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at http://ift.tt/1az8Eve.

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Search warrant leads to prescription drug seizure, trafficking charges

Officers from Downtown Division seized more than $15,000 in prescription drugs and laid several trafficking charges during a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant executed earlier this week.

On Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers from Downtown Beats and Tactical Section executed a search warrant on a residence in the area of 92 Street and 110A Avenue. Police seized 344 prescription pills from the house.

The drugs included lorazepam, oxycodone, dilaudid and hydromorph contin (total street value of $10,320), and an additional 37 full medication bottles of non-controlled pills.

Officers also located and seized a stolen laptop, body armour, a prohibited push-dagger and a knife, numerous empty pill bottles and drug trafficking score sheets.

The suspect connected to the investigation, Jules Bimazubute, 46, was arrested outside the residence earlier Wednesday afternoon after police observed him participating in a drug transaction. He was found in possession of 63 dilaudid pills (street value of $1,890). One hundred oxycodone pills ($3,000 street value) were also located during a related vehicle search.  

Bimazubute has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking (x4), possession of stolen property under $5,000, possession of an offensive weapon dangerous to the public, possession of body armour without valid permit and unauthorized possession of a prohibited device.

Officers have executed a number of investigations in downtown Edmonton over the summer to counter drug trafficking activity, resulting in positive feedback from citizens.

“We announced the results of this search warrant at a neighbourhood safety meeting earlier this week and community members cheered at the news,” says Acting Sgt. Chris Weir with Downtown Beats. “It’s great to get that kind of feedback. We’re committed to working with these communities and reducing crime in the downtown core.”

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3,583 violations issued during Operation 24 Hours

Edmonton Police Service officers and City of Edmonton automated enforcement handed out 3,583 violations during Operation 24 Hours earlier this week.

Throughout the 24-hour campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, a total of 3,213 speeding tickets were issued by EPS officers and automated enforcement. Traffic Safety Act violations, such as equipment and seatbelt infractions, accounted for 301 of the total, along with 44 automated red light violations. Officers issued 25 charges for Criminal Code offences.

A traffic stop was conducted in west Edmonton after police identified a vehicle with a mismatched licence plate. The male driver of the vehicle provided a false name to officers. Further investigation revealed the man had 41 warrants for his arrest, and he was found in possession of multiple identity documents. He was arrested and is now facing more than 20 new charges.

Police stopped a number of excessive speeders during the enforcement blitz. The driver of a GMC Yukon travelling 56 km/h over the posted speed limit on Anthony Henday Drive near Manning Drive was issued a compulsory summons ticket. Another vehicle was stopped for travelling 114 km/h on the James MacDonald Bridge, a 60km/h zone.

The 3,583 violations issued on Aug. 24, 2016 is a 41 per cent increase from 2,534 violations issued during the August 2015 campaign.

The Edmonton Police Service and the City of Edmonton coordinate regular enforcement campaigns throughout the year, such as Operation 24 Hours, to improve traffic safety on Edmonton’s roadways.

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Daycare owner charged with assault

A daycare owner has been charged after police received a complaint involving two young children.

Edmonton Police Child at Risk Response Team (CARRT) launched an investigation on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 when Child Care Licensing provided information that two young children (under the age of five) were allegedly assaulted while in care of Urban Kidz Child Care – a daycare in northeast Edmonton.

The children did not sustain any physical injuries. Police believe this was an isolated incident and there are no other complainants.

Uzma Nasim, 34, owner of Urban Kidz Child Care, was arrested and charged on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 with aggravated assault and assault.

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ASIRT investigating EPS in-custody death

ASIRT is investigating an incident that occurred yesterday evening.

At approximately 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, Southwest Division officers responded to a report of an aggressive male at a residence in the area of 106 Street and 47 Avenue.

When officers arrived, they found a male who was wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant for being unlawfully at large. He also appeared to be under the influence of either drugs or alcohol.

Police believe the male consumed a quantity of pills and threw the bottle from the balcony.

Shortly thereafter, the male appeared to be in medical distress and was placed in the recovery position. EMS treated and transported the male to hospital, where he died a short time later.

The EPS will not be providing further comment as the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has taken the lead in this investigation.

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Police seek public’s assistance locating missing man

The Edmonton Police Service is asking for the public’s help locating a missing man who was last seen in Edmonton in the early hours of Saturday, August 13, 2016.

Mathew Allan Tomm, 40, is described as a Caucasian male with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is 6’0” tall and weighs approximately 160 lbs. He was driving a grey, 4-door Nissan Versa (2012 model), Alberta license plate BJR 0222

While there are no indications of foul play, there are concerns for Tomm’s well-being.

 
MISSING: Mathew Allan Tomm, 40

Anyone who has information about this Tomm’s whereabouts is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at http://ift.tt/1az8Eve.

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EPS shares new policing data with public

The Edmonton Police Service is launching an online dashboard this morning that provides detailed crime statistics and performance data for the public – a first of its kind for a Canadian policing agency.

The EPS dashboard will go live at 9:30 a.m. (Aug. 18, 2016) at http://ift.tt/2b3Jv2x and is compatible for viewing on any device such as a smartphone or tablet. The dashboard was created internally by EPS in collaboration with the City of Edmonton.

“We want to continue to be as transparent as we can by openly sharing crime data, statistics and performance measures with the public,” says Supt. Chad Tawfik, of EPS Office of Strategy Management.

The dashboard provides results for policing topic areas at a glance and users can click through to each area to learn more with measure descriptions, visualizations of historical data and supporting metrics, and links to additional information. Users can also access all underlying dashboard data on the City’s Open Data Portal (data.edmonton.ca) to share, download and comment on.

“We were very pleased to collaborate with EPS to help them host their dashboard,” says Wendy Gnenz, Branch Manager, Open City and Innovation. “It is partnerships like this that help grow the Open City Initiative by providing residents and businesses with access to information that is important to them.”

In addition to the public information available currently (such as response times and levels of crime and disorder), citizens can now also get information on: domestic violence occurrences, impaired driving incidents, traffic injury rate, number of persons with criminal warrants, and the police to population ratio through the dashboard.

“Beyond the broad scope of data being released, the best part of this platform is how easy it is for the public to now access our data, make comments, ask questions and put forward requests for other policing data they would like to see made available,” says Cal Schafer, Strategic Analyst with EPS.

This data complements the Neighbourhood Crime Mapping application (launched in 2009) which gives citizens daily updated maps and statistics for eight violent and property crime indicators. The crime maps can be found at http://ift.tt/10sPi1L

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