Red Deer man gets 4 years for armed home invasion in Kentwood
Austin Dampier, 20, was ordered to pay $470.38 in restitution and hit with a decade-long firearm ban following his sentencing in Red Deer Court of Justice.
A Red Deer man has been sentenced to four years in jail for his role in an armed robbery at a Kentwood-area home nearly two years ago. Austin Dampier, 20, was found guilty on July 31, 2026, of six charges, including robbery with a firearm, assault, unlawful confinement, pointing a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and possession of property under $5,000.
The court also imposed a 10-year firearm prohibition and ordered Dampier to pay $470.38 in restitution to the victim.
The robbery occurred on Nov. 29, 2024, at around 2:06 a.m., when Red Deer RCMP were called to a home in the Kentwood neighbourhood. Police allege one of the accused pointed a sawed-off rifle at the victim before taking their cellphone and other personal items.
Investigators, with help from the Emergency Response Team and the RCMP General Investigations Section, later executed a search warrant and recovered the sawed-off rifle along with items belonging to the victim. Two suspects were arrested without incident. A co-accused, 27-year-old Rain Yellowface of O'Chiese First Nation, had all six of his charges withdrawn on Jan. 7, 2026, the same day three of Dampier's charges were also withdrawn.
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