A 41-year-old man is facing charges in connection with an alleged incident where shots were fired at a vehicle.
According to Peace River RCMP officials, on July 13th, members of the Peace River RCMP responded to the shots fired incident and learned from the victims that they knew the suspect. According to police, the suspect was reported driving off in a pickup truck with a quad sitting in the bed. Police received several reported sightings of the suspect from the public, and with help from the Alberta RCMP Emergency Response Team, Western Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, WAD Containment Team, Alberta RCMP Community Response Team and Alberta RCMP Police Dog Services, RCMP located and arrested the Little Buffalo resident.
The 41-year-old is facing over a dozen charges, including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, uttering threats and 10 firearm-related charges.
Detachment Commander of the Peace River RCMP Staff Sargent Lacey Blair says this sort of file is an example of the hard work the Alberta RCMP does.
“I want to thank not only all the Peace River RCMP members who kept at the task until they could locate [the suspect] and thus protect the community but also the various RCMP resources that were able to assist in locating and arresting this prolific offender,” Blair says. “Furthermore, assistance from Woodland Cree First Nation and Lubicon Lake Band was much appreciated. We will continue to do everything in our power and use all resources at hand to keep our communities safe and hold those who would do us harm accountable for their actions”.
The 41-year-old was remanded into custody and is next scheduled to appear in court at the end of July.
