INNISFAIL – If a criminal fails once he or she will almost certainly flunk again.
That's the case for a Wetaskiwin man on June 28 and 29.
In a new release issued Friday, RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said that on June 28 Innisfail RCMP were investigating a suspicious vehicle near the Dickson Dam west of Innisfail in Red Deer County.
Savinkoff said occupants of that vehicle were screaming at each other and causing a disturbance.
He said RCMP were able to de-escalate the incident when one of the involved persons provided police with a false name.
Savinkoff said the male suspect was arrested for obstruction, failing to comply with release conditions and outstanding traffic warrants out of Wetaskiwin.
Jamie Swinamer, 35, a resident of Wetaskiwin, was charged with obstruction and two counts of failing to comply with a release order.
Savinkoff said RCMP held Swinamer for a judicial interim release hearing, and on June 29 the accused was released by a justice of the peace.
He said a short time later on June 29, an SUV was stolen from a residence in Innisfail.
Savinkoff said a family member of the owner saw the vehicle on Highway 2 near Wetaskiwin.
He said Wetaskiwin RCMP intercepted the vehicle and arrested the driver who was the same suspect previously arrested by Innisfail RCMP.
Savinkoff said Swinamer was additionally charged with the following offences:
• possession of property obtained by crime;
• failing to comply with release order;
• driving while unauthorized, and
• driving an uninsured motor vehicle.
Savinkoff said a second judicial interim release hearing was held for Swinamer where he was remanded into a custody.
He said Swinamer is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on July 9 and at the Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer on July 24.
