BATTLEFORDS – Seven individuals are facing charges after two trucks fled from Battlefords RCMP.
On April 13 at approximately 12:15 p.m., Battlefords RCMP initiated a traffic stop on a Ford truck on 110 Street in North Battleford.
The officer identified the driver as a wanted male. The officer activated their vehicle’s lights and sirens. The driver fled from police.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., Battlefords RCMP Detachment officers, along with Saskatchewan RCMP officers with Battlefords Crime Reduction Team (CRT), Saskatoon Warrant Enforcement Suppression Team (WEST), and Police Dog Services (PDS), located the male driver on Forest Hall Road, approximately 10 km east of Highway 4.
Officers observed the male and multiple other individuals on the road near the Ford truck and a Dodge truck. Officers approached the group with lights and sirens activated on their police vehicles.
As officers approached, the male and other individuals entered the two trucks and attempted to flee.
The Dodge truck drove into the ditch. The male driver exited the vehicle and was arrested.
At the same time, the Ford truck became inoperable. The male driver of the Ford truck exited that vehicle, entered the Dodge truck in the ditch, and struck an occupied police vehicle while fleeing at a high rate of speed. Officers were not physically injured.
Officers arrested the adult female occupant of the Ford truck.
At approximately 2 p.m., officers located the Dodge truck near Rabbit Lake and observed the male driver running through a field. Officers arrested the five adult occupants who remained near the truck – one female and four males. One male was later released without charges. PDS tracked, located and arrested the male driver.
While searching the Dodge truck, officers located a large sum of cash under the driver’s seat. During searches of the arrested individuals, officers located and seized two pairs of brass knuckles and an edged weapon.
Officers from Blaine Lake and Spiritwood RCMP Detachments also assisted with this investigation.
As a result of this investigation, a 43-year-old man, from Douglas, was arrested on outstanding warrants. He is also charged with:
- one count, resist arrest;
- one count, flight from police;
- one count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle;
- one count, failure to stop after an accident; and
- one count, mischief – damage to motor vehicle under $5,000.
A 39-year-old man, from Surrey, B.C., is charged with one count, flight from police.
A 26-year-old suspect, from North Battleford, is charged with one count, resist arrest.
A 25-year-old woman, from North Battleford, a 36-year-old man, from North Battleford, and a 29-year-old man, from Wilkie, are each charged with:
- one count, resist arrest;
- one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; and
- one count, carrying concealed weapon.
The 25-year-old is also charged with two counts, fail to comply with probation order.
A 24-year-old man, from Saskatoon, was arrested on outstanding warrants and is charged with one count, mischief.
The seven individuals appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on April 14.
