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WHITEHORSE, YT – The Whitehorse RCMP have announced they’ve made an arrest related to the recent break and enter at the Whitehorse Victims Services Office.
On March 19th, Kyle McCormick, was arrested following a report of an armed robbery at a business in downtown Whitehorse. During the course of the their investigation, RCMP identified McCormick as the suspect and he was arrested the same day on an outstanding arrest warrant.
RCMP say at the time of his arrest, McCormick had items in his possession believed to be taken from the Whitehorse Victim Services Office. A search warrant was then executed on McCormick’s residence where additional items were recovered that were believed to be from the break-in.
Kyle McCormick appeared in court on Wednesday, March 20th, and has been remanded into custody until April 3rd. He’s been charged with the following:
- Break and Enter, Business – Section 348(1)(a) Criminal Code;
- Possession of Break-in Instruments – Section 351(1) Criminal Code;
- Two counts, Disguised with Intent to Commit Offence – Section 351(2) Criminal Code;
- Robbery with Weapon – Section 344 Criminal Code;
- Assault with Weapon – Section 267(a) Criminal Code;
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime – Section 354(1)(a) Criminal Code.
In addition to the most recent charges, McCormick has 14 other charges currently before the courts dating back to November 2023. At the time of his most recent arrest, McCormick was on a release order dating from February, 26th, 2024.
The Victim Services office says an audit of it’s electronic database, which includes client case notes, has been completed and it has been determined the electronic system was not accessed during the break-in. An audit of paper records is still underway, but the office says its prioritized the highest risk cases and can confirm this section of the audit has been complete. Staff will continue their inventory into next week, and will directly contact any clients who may be at risk.
It has also been confirmed that some of the cellphones stolen from the site belonged to the Victim Services staff, and these have since been disabled remotely. Work in ongoing to determine any potential risks associated with the cellphones during window of time between their being stolen, to their being disabled. A number of other cellphones stolen from the site were new, and did not contain any information as they were indented for clients.
The Victim Services Office will remain closed until March 25, but staff can still be reached via email and phone.
