Armed carjacking suspect who fled on snowmobile arrested without incident
Wanted man had been considered armed and dangerous
RCMP have arrested a suspect who evaded police after a carjacking in central Alberta on Monday.
Wednesday morning, Blackfalds RCMP issued a news release saying they had an arrest warrant for the suspect. They warned the public not to approach him because he was "armed and dangerous."
On Wednesday afternoon, police said the man had been arrested without incident.
The suspect had been wanted on numerous charges after a Monday afternoon carjacking on a rural road following a two-vehicle collision in central Alberta.
Blackfalds RCMP said they got a report around 4 p.m. Monday that an SUV and a pickup truck had collided on Township Road 394 near the hamlet of Haynes, 160 kilometres south of Edmonton.
The SUV couldn't be driven after the crash.
Its driver "forcefully took the pickup and fled from the collision scene," police said. The driver of the pickup truck wasn't hurt in the crash but he suffered injuries in a struggle with the suspect.
Dog unit, helicopter called in
The pickup, with two flat tires, travelled north toward Bashaw then west toward Ponoka. It was seen driving onto an oilfield lease site. Police recovered the truck at the site.
At 5:10 p.m., Monday, RCMP had the site surrounded. Officers from seven area detachments were involved, including a dog unit, the emergency response team and an RCMP helicopter.
But police later determined the suspect, wearing white camouflage and carrying a white bag and a rifle, had fled the property on a snowmobile before they had the area contained.
The suspect was wanted on charges of robbery, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle and disobeying a court order.
He was also wanted on previous arrest warrants out of Ponoka and Red Deer.