A Delta woman has pleaded guilty to numerous charges for her role in a recent stolen property and identity theft ring busted by Delta police at a home in Tsawwassen.
Kimberly Markland, 42, faced 19 charges that included possession of stolen property, identity theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, unauthorized use of a credit card, fraud under $5,000, possession of a forged credit card, forgery of a credit card, possession of a forgery instrument, trafficking in identity information, forgery, failure to comply with a probation order, theft and possession of a controlled substance.
She recently turned herself into authorities and appeared in Surrey provincial court last week where she was sentenced to 18 months in jail followed by two years of probation.
Zackery Tanner, 29, of Richmond, is facing 24 charges, while Jeannette Gibson, 47, of Surrey, is facing 15 charges. Both suspects have been released on a number of conditions and are scheduled to next appear in court in March of 2019 for a preliminary inquiry to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial.
Community concerns about activities in a house on English Bluff Road, combined with a timely vehicle stop, launched a Delta police investigation in May 2017.
By late December, police executed a search warrant on the house and located a number of stolen items, including high-end mountain bikes and construction tools, along with a fraudulent credit card making operation, including card readers and a credit card embossing machine.
“Our officers were able to return several items to their rightful owners,” said DPD public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf. “Officers also contacted several credit card holders as well whose property was found in the house, and confirmed that many of the cards had previously been stolen out of vehicles, from throughout the Lower Mainland.”
Leykauf said many of the stolen bikes were disassembled and then reassembled using different parts, likely in an attempt to make the bikes more difficult to be identified.
