Prince Albert RCMP say responding to a report of a suspicious person led to one arrest and the recovery of a stolen truck as well as the seizure of weapons.
On Saturday around 10:40 a.m. officers attended a call in the RM of Buckland where they located the truck that had been reported as a suspicious vehicle but say the driver tried to flee.
The truck hit a police vehicle then hit the ditch and the driver was arrested. No injuries were reported.
RCMP say officers located a sawed-off firearm, an axe and a switchblade inside of the truck. They determined the truck had been reported as stolen in Prince Albert.
Twenty-four-year-old Elizabeth Sanderson from Sturgeon Lake First Nation is in Prince Albert Provincial Court Monday facing multiple weapons related charges as well as dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, fail to stop for a peace officer and resist peace officer.
Elizabeth Sanderson is charged with:
- one count, unlicensed possession of a firearm, Section 92(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, occupy a motor vehicle knowing there is a firearm inside, Section 94(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of a firearm with readily-available ammunition, Section 95(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of a firearm while prohibited, Section 117.01(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, fail to stop for peace officer, Section 320(17), Criminal Code;
- one count, resist peace officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code;
- one count, mischief over $5,000, Section 430(3), Criminal Code; and
- one count, fail to comply with release order, Section 145(5)(a), Criminal Code.
