On May 20, 2021 members of the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction Unit attended a rural property to conduct a curfew compliance check on Darcy NETTERFIELD. While on the property members noticed a newer model Dodge Ram parked in a thick wooded area on the property. Members had been notified about a theft of four newer model Dodge Rams from the Ponoka Dodge Dealership on May 17, 2021. 

Further investigation determined that the Truck was one that had been stolen from the dealership. The next morning a search warrant was executed at the residence. RCMP recovered the stolen Dodge 3500 valued at over $82,000 along with the key fob, one litre of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and materials related to trafficking controlled substances. 

Netterfield was on a release order for trafficking controlled substances out of Red Deer and had been arrested a few weeks prior to that for Trafficking controlled substances in Wetaskiwin. 

As a result of the investigation, 41-year-old Darcy Netterfield of Wetaskiwin County have been charged with:

  • Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000.00
  • Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking
  • Failure to comply with release order

Netterfield was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Wetaskiwin on June 1, 2021.