Daily Herald Staff
A Prince Albert RCMP officer was dragged after trying to execute an arrest at a residence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
Prince Albert RCMP were assisting Warman RCMP with a stolen truck and break and enter investigation in the Corman Park area. The truck was located at a residence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. When the officer approached the vehicle, the driver began to back out from the driveway, dragging the officer with the vehicle.
The driver then drove forward striking an occupied RCMP police vehicle that blocked the driveway.
Other RCMP offciers were able to remove the female driver from the truck and arrested her. Four other occupants of the truck fled on foot to the nearby bush where they were located and arrested approximately an hour later with the help of Police Dog Services.
The driver of the truck, a 17-year-old female, is charged with two counts of assault of a peace officer with a weapon, one count of possession of stolen property of over five thousand dollars, one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, one count of resisting arrest, one count of mischief damage to property over five thousand dollars and one count of failure to comly with conditions of a release order.
The driver appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Thursday, April 10. She is scheduled to appear via CCTV on Monday April 14 at 10 a.m.
The passengers who fled into the bush were released without charge. No injuries were reported
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