A pair of Grande Prairie residents are facing gun and drug-related charges after attempting to flee police in early December.
According to Grande Prairie RCMP, just after 1 a.m. on December 4th, mounties spotted a vehicle driving erratically in the Hillside area while they were out on proactive patrol. When officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver sped off at “a high rate of speed,” and reportedly lost control and came to a stop shortly after. The pair were arrested after attempting to flee on foot.
According to police during a subsequent search of the vehicle officers found a loaded shotgun with a defaced serial number, several live shotgun rounds and what they believed to be five grams of meth.
As a result, 24-year-old Jesse Bujold and 25-year-old Cheyenne Badger are facing several charges connected to the possession of a firearm, including possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and tampering with the serial number of a firearm; both are also facing charges for resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance. Bujold faces additional charges connected to the dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and failing to comply probation order.
Bujold has been remanded into custody and Badger was released. They both are next scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on January 10th.
