RED DEER - RCMP have nabbed a Fort Saskatchewan man in connection to a car theft earlier this month in Innisfail.
Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Candace Hrdlicka said in a media release issued Friday that the detachment’s Crime Reduction Team (CRT) located a car in Innisfail that had been reported stolen on Dec. 5.
Hrdlicka said police followed the vehicle and attempted to stop the driver but he tried to run away.
After a brief foot chase, the CRT arrested a 52-year-old male, a resident of Fort Saskatchewan, said Hrdlicka.
She said the captured suspect, whose name has not yet been released, has been charged with:
• theft of a car;
• resisting arrest;
• driving while prohibited;
• failing to comply with release order;
• failing to comply with an undertaking;
• possession of a weapon;
• two counts of possession of controlled substance; and
• driving without valid insurance.
Hrdlicka said the suspect is scheduled to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer on Jan. 31.
