Parkland RCMP and the Alberta Crime Reduction Units made multiple arrests of suspects fleeing police resulting in two males being arrested.
During the month of May 2023, the Parkland RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) and Drug Unit found themselves very busy responding to vehicles fleeing from police. According to Mounties, additional resources were able to come together to assist, resulting in the successful arrest of multiple individuals.
On May 12, 2023, Parkland RCMP Drug and CRU Units investigated an incident of criminal flight from police involving a stolen Dodge Ram in the area of Stony Plain. With the assistance of the RCMP Police Dog Services, Edmonton Police Air One, and Parkland General Duty members, 34-year-old Kenneth Wayne Curtis, a resident of Drayton Valley, and 44-year-old Daniel Gordon Schacher, a resident of Parkland County, were safely arrested in the area of Range Road 30 and Highway 627.
Kenneth Wayne Curtis is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and possession of property obtained by crime. Mounties say he was released from police custody on conditions, with his first court appearance set for June 21, 2023.
Daniel Gordon Schacher is also charged with possession of property obtained by crime. Mounties say he was held for a Judicial Interim Release Hearing and subsequently released. His first appearance was set for May 25, 2023.
On May 18, 2023, Parkland RCMP Drug and CRU Units investigated another incident of criminal flight from police, this time involving a motorcycle. With the assistance of the RCMP Police Dog Services, Edmonton Police Air One, and Parkland General Duty members, a male resident of Stony Plain was safely arrested in a grocery store parking lot in Spruce Grove.
According to police, a search warrant was subsequently completed at a residence in the 51 Street area of Stony Plain. 42-year-old Michael Stephen Simmons, a resident of Spruce Grove, was charged with criminal flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operation while prohibited, failure to comply with a release order, and driving an uninsured motor vehicle on a highway. RCMP says these matters were recently resolved in court.
Individuals engaging in criminal flight from police pose an extreme risk to the motoring public, note RCMP. Therefore, alternate strategies such as airborne surveillance and covert vehicles are utilized to minimize that risk. Police say the individuals can then be apprehended at a time and location when deemed safest to do so. According to police, the safety of the public is the RCMP’s top priority.
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