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Yellowknife Canadian Tire rifle theft suspects named

Ollie Williams
By Ollie Williams

Police have named two suspects arrested over the theft of rifles from Yellowknife’s Canadian Tire.

Todd Vatcher, 23, and 28-year-old Beau Desire-Tesar both face charges relating to theft and unauthorized possession of a firearm. Both are Yellowknife residents.

Vatcher and Desire-Tesar will appear in court on Friday. They were taken into custody on Tuesday evening at separate locations: one during a traffic stop on Taylor Road, the other at a parking lot on Range Lake Road.

RCMP say their investigation is continuing.

Two rifles were stolen from a locked display inside the city’s Canadian Tire store on the evening of Monday, May 25. They still haven’t been found, despite these arrests.

The stolen rifles are a Rossi Ranch Hand and a Chiappa Survival series.

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