RCMP search for wanted woman

RCMP officers are looking to the public for help finding Tanis Patricia Lea-Wellard, who is wanted on multiple warrants.

By Steve Berard

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August 13, 2025

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Tanis Patricia Lea-Wellard is wanted by police. (RCMP)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — RCMP officers are looking to the public for help finding a woman wanted on multiple warrants.

According to an August 13th press release from the Fort St. John detachment, Tanis Patricia Lea-Wellard is currently wanted on charges of theft under $5,000 and criminal harassment.

Lea-Wellard is a 39-year-old caucasian woman standing five-feet-four-inches tall and weighing 141 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.

A photo of Lea-Wellard provided by police shows a tattoo above her right eye of the word “baby”.

Anyone with information regarding Lea-Wellard’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Fort St. John RCMP detachment at 250-787-8100.

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Steve Berard

Steve Berard is a General Reporter for Energeticcity.ca. Before bringing his talents to Fort St. John, Steve started his career as a journalist in his hometown in Ontario. He graduated from Algonquin College in the summer of 2021 after finishing the school’s Radio Broadcasting program a few months early. When he’s not working, he’s watching sports or documentaries, reading a comic book or fantasy novel, or talking himself out of adopting another dog.