October 28, 2024, Stratford, PE - PEI RCMP have charged a 60-year-old Vernon Bridge man in connection with four separate incidents including two serious assaults on seniors.
RCMP began their investigation on Thursday, October 24, 2024, when they responded to a serious assault of a senior man at his residence in Stratford. On Friday, October 25, 2024 PEI RCMP responded to another serious assault and robbery with a weapon on a Stratford senior woman at her home. Island EMS attended in both cases and transported the victims to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
On October 24, 2024 RCMP also responded to an incident at a business in Mount Albion where an unprovoked man attempted to engage in a fist fight with an employee who was unknown to him. Police attended but the man was gone on arrival.
RCMP identified a suspect and on October 26, 2024 RCMP made an arrest of 60-year-old Alan Wood. Wood was held at a provincial correctional center over the weekend and while in custody Wood uttered threats to a corrections officer. Wood remains in custody and will appear in court today at 3:00 p.m. in Charlottetown Provincial Court to answer to charges of:
- Attempted murder in connection with the Stratford man
- Attempted murder in connection with the Stratford woman.
- Robbery with a weapon on the Stratford woman
- Assault on the employee of the Mount Albion business
- Uttering threats on a correction officer.
Both seniors in this case were known to the accused.
This investigation is being led by the RCMP Major Crime Unit with the assistance of:
- RCMP Forensic Identification Services
- RCMP Digital Forensic Services
- RCMP Police Dog Services
- RCMP Provincial General Investigations Section
"PEI RCMP recognize that events like this can be disturbing to us all. In this case, a suspect was identified quickly preventing further risk to the public," said Cpl Gavin Moore, Media Relations Officer for the Prince Edward Island RCMP.