Two people are in custody following a home invasion in Drayton Valley and a stabbing in Brazeau County over the weekend.
On April 19, the Drayton Valley RCMP responded to a complaint of a home invasion with a firearm in Drayton Valley.
A victim was taken to hospital for treatment.
While members were gathering information about the complaint, they were dispatched to a secondary complaint of a male that had been stabbed multiple times at a rural property in Brazeau County, Alta.
After an investigation, police determined the two events were related and perpetrated by the same suspects.
Search warrants were executed at a residence in Tomahawk, Alta., and in Red Deer.
The two suspects were arrested in Red Deer by the RCMP Emergency Response Team without incident.
RCMP say the suspects were known to police.
They believe both instances were targeted and there is no ongoing risk to the public.
Red Deer resident Robert Blackwell, 34, has been charged with robbery with a firearm, breaking and entering, forcible confinement while using a firearm, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, three counts of assault with a weapon, three other firearms-related offences, and five counts of failure to comply with court orders.
Tomahawk resident Brittney Goulden, 34, was charged with robbery with a firearm, breaking and entering, forcible confinement while using a firearm, two counts of assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, and aggravated assault.
Blackwell and Goulden were brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody. They are to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Breton, Alta., on April 23.
