Three stores in St. Albert were robbed in 90 minutes Friday evening. A firearm came out twice. A member of the public helped catch the last suspect on foot. Four people are charged.
At 6:44 p.m. on June 26, RCMP responded to a liquor store where two men had tried to leave without paying. Staff confronted them. One produced a firearm. They fled. Police ran the plate on the getaway vehicle it had been reported stolen from Edmonton earlier that day.
Thirty-three minutes later, a second liquor store was hit. Two men entered and stole cash.
At 8:01 p.m., a clothing store. One man stole 20 shirts and showed a firearm to two employees on the way out.
Officers found a vehicle in a nearby parking lot matching the description from the earlier incidents. Same stolen Edmonton plate. Three people were inside and taken into custody. The vehicle had also been stolen from Edmonton.
A fourth person was spotted shortly after leaving a nearby store carrying a sledgehammer and a tool bag. They ran. A member of the public stepped in and helped officers make the arrest.
When police searched the vehicle they found bear spray, a sword, and break-in tools.
Who is charged
All four face three counts of robbery, four counts of possession of property obtained by a crime, two counts of possession of a prohibited device for the purpose of committing an offence, and theft under $5,000.
Justin Elden Aulotte-Landry, 22, Edmonton — also charged with resisting arrest.
Dylan Eyahpaise, 40, Edmonton — also charged with driving while disqualified or suspended.
Shanaya Eyahpaise, 18, Wetaskiwin — also charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Shayden Johnston, 23, Edmonton — also charged with three counts of failing to comply with a release order and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.
Johnston's extra charges matter. Three counts of failing to comply with a release order and two probation order violations mean he was already under active court conditions when Friday's robberies happened. He was out on bail and allegedly walked into three armed robberies.
What the vehicle tells you
Bear spray. A sword. Break-in tools. A stolen plate. A stolen car.
That is not a random collection. Bear spray is a common weapon in Alberta commercial robberies it incapacitates staff quickly and does not trigger the same legal consequences as a firearm. A sword and break-in tools alongside a firearm suggest a group equipped for more than one type of crime. Whether investigators are looking at additional incidents involving these four has not been confirmed.
Crime in St. Albert — context for Friday's incident
St. Albert has not been a high-crime city by Alberta standards and the trend through 2025 was going in the right direction. St. Albert RCMP reported an 11 percent year-over-year decrease in total Criminal Code offences in Q2 2025. Robbery charges, theft of motor vehicles, and possession of stolen property all declined through that period.
Across Alberta RCMP jurisdictions broadly, 2025 saw property crime hit a 10-year low down 13 percent from 2024 and 32 percent from 2016, with RCMP crediting a targeted Crime Reduction Strategy that focused on the 500 offenders causing the most harm across the province.
Friday's incident does not reverse that trend on its own. But three armed robberies in 90 minutes carried out by four people from outside St. Albert in a stolen Edmonton vehicle with a stolen Edmonton plate is the specific pattern that strategy was built to address organized, mobile offenders moving between jurisdictions and hitting multiple targets in a single evening. Two of the four charged were already under court conditions when Friday's robberies happened.
The member of the public
The fourth suspect was carrying a sledgehammer when he tried to run. A civilian helped bring him down. RCMP have not identified that person or described exactly what they did. But without that intervention the fourth arrest does not happen at the scene.
What comes next
All four are in the justice system. The allegations have not been tested in court. No court dates have been publicly confirmed.
Sources:
St. Albert RCMP, charges confirmed through Alberta RCMP, June 28, 2026 (stalbert.ca/cosa/news/rcmp)
Alberta RCMP, Crime Reduction Strategy results 2025, March 3, 2026 (rcmp.ca/en/alberta/news/2026/03/4350839)
St. Albert RCMP quarterly crime statistics, Q2 2025 (stalbert.ca)
