Jamie Piche, one of two men charged after the theft, was denied bail on Thursday. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Crime

Man offered drugs to enter hotel room and take bags containing RCMP officer’s gear: court

Sep 17, 2026 | 4:46 PM

A man who entered a hotel room where an RCMP officer was staying and stole a number of items belonging to the officer later told police he was offered drugs to enter the room and take bags that were on a table.

The details were shared at Jamie Piche’s bail hearing Thursday afternoon in Prince Albert provincial court. He was one of two men charged after the Sept. 2 incident.

Among the items taken from the room were the officer’s gun, a vest, a baton, a conducted energy weapon and several gun magazines. A number of the officer’s personal items were also taken.

Leonard Bear, the other man charged, told police he was looking for items to sell for drugs when he was approached by three strangers on the street who offered him a deal but also threatened to beat him up if he did not what they asked. They then entered the hotel on 38th Street West by way of a back door.

After leaving the hotel, the group went to a nearby cemetery. Bear said he did not know what was in the bags or how the others got the key to the room. Bear passed out at the cemetery and after he was found and arrested by police, he claimed he never received what was offered to him.

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At the time of the incident, Piche was under a 24-hour curfew and had a number of other pending theft-related charges, including allegations he stole from Winners on multiple occasions and took more than $4,000 worth of merchandise.

He is also alleged to have stolen vehicles from people who considered him a friend.

Piche was denied bail and is scheduled to return to court Oct. 6.

Defence argued that while Piche was identified in security camera footage, Bear did not say his name while talking to police, so his alleged role remains unclear.

Court also heard Thursday that most of the stolen items had been recovered, with the exception of the officer’s gun, which had been in a lockbox. The facts read by the Crown prosecutor did not say how the officer’s lockbox was opened.

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Man offered drugs to enter hotel room and take bags containing RCMP officer’s gear: court

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