EDMONTON - A former Alberta Mountie is facing charges of theft and fraud.
An agency that investigates police says the constable was working out of the Spruce Grove and Stony Plain detachment, west of Edmonton, at the time of the alleged offences.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the officer found an airsoft pistol during a vehicle search in March 2015 and took the air gun instead of listing it as evidence.
The agency also alleges he created a fake hit-and-run collision report in October 2014 to get insurance money.
Aaron Sayler is charged with theft under $5,000, fraud under $5,000, uttering a forged document and obtaining by false pretences.
The RCMP say the eight-year officer was suspended in February and resigned from the force earlier this week.
