Posted by : Rita Sittler  On November 20th, 2025 2:38 pm

      

On November 17, 2025, at approximately 3:20 PM, members of the Medicine Hat Police Service Patrol Section responded to a report of theft from a business in the 2000 block of Strachan Road SE. During the incident, the business’s Loss Prevention Officer (LPO) intervened and was subjected to minor physical assault; however, no injuries were reported.

Police quickly located the suspect vehicle nearby, apprehending two male individuals. The driver, a 43-year-old Medicine Hat resident, has been charged with shoplifting under $5,000 and is scheduled to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice on December 17, 2025. The second individual, Cody Rak, 36, of Medicine Hat, faces charges of robbery and breach of undertaking. Mr. Rak was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court on November 25, 2025.