KITSCOTY, ALTA. — A Saskatchewan woman and her accomplice are facing multiple charges after RCMP say two police vehicles were deliberately rammed as the suspects attempted to flee in the County of Vermillion River on Jan. 15.
Kitscoty RCMP were called to an abandoned vehicle at an oil site along Township Road 492 just before 4 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a grey sedan and a black pickup truck with no license plate. Police say the woman behind the wheel of the truck accelerated into a stationary RCMP vehicle with an officer inside, disabling both vehicles.
The woman, identified as Keisha Rai Sharp, 29, of Waseca, Sask., and Greg Michael Wilson, 34, of Mannville, then got into the grey sedan and tried to flee, but the car became stuck in deep snow. Both suspects ran east across a field toward a nearby unoccupied rural home, where police say they broke in and stole a white SUV from the garage.
A second Kitscoty RCMP officer arrived as Wilson reversed the SUV out of the garage. According to police, the SUV struck the passenger side of the moving police vehicle. As the two suspects fled north toward Range Road 14, they almost collided with a third RCMP vehicle.
The pursuit ended when the SUV became stuck in deep snow. Police say Wilson fled on foot and was arrested shortly after. Sharp was then taken into custody.
Police say both were already the subject of multiple release conditions and considered prolific offenders.
Sharp and Watson are charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, possession of property obtained by crime, break and enter into a residence, and theft of a vehicle.
Both RCMP members rammed in this incident suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were treated in hospital and released.
“The quick response of multiple RCMP units was instrumental in the swift apprehension of these suspects,” said Cpl. Trevor Schmidt, Alberta RCMP Traffic.
Responding RCMP units include Lloydminster RCMP’s Detachment, General Investigation Section (GIS), and Crime Reduction Unit (CRU); Vermillion RCMP, Kitscoty RCMP and CRU, and Alberta RCMP’s Real Time Operations Center. Support units include 3 Police Dog Service Units, Forensic Collision Reconstruction Unit, Forensic Identification Unit, and Eastern Alberta District GIS.
Alberta RCMP statistics show an increase in police vehicle ramming leading to injuries, with seven reported in 2023, and 15 reported in 2024. There have already been six police vehicles intentionally rammed in 2026. Since 2023, crime rates have decreased, but violence against police has increased.
