Attempted murder charge laid after RCMP officer, on foot, is hit by a vehicle

RCMP have charged one man with attempted murder after an officer was hit by an SUV near Meadow Lake.

In a news release, the RCMP say on Monday at approximately 12:15 p.m., a Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team (CRT) officer saw a white SUV driving through a stop sign on First Avenue at the corner of Centre Street in Meadow Lake and before the officer could initiate a traffic stop, the white SUV sped off towards Highway 55.

The officer tried to pull the white SUV over multiple times, but the vehicle didn’t stop and fled at a high rate of speed.

Around 1:30 p.m. while a Meadow Lake RCMP officer deployed a tire deflation device on Highway 4 north of the junction with Highway 55, a white SUV hit the police officer. The officer was treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

RCMP say the suspect vehicle drove over the tire deflation device and it was discovered abandoned approximately 4 kilometres away. Police Dog Services joined Meadow Lake RCMP CRT and tracked the suspects who had fled on foot. A male and female were taken into custody.

Twenty-six-year-old Keistein Michell, from Prince Albert is facing 10 charges including attempted murder and aggravated assault of a police officer. As well, 26-year-old Jasmine Beatty, from Deschambeault Lake is charged with one count each flight from a police officer and resisting/obstructing a police officer. They appeared in Meadow Lake Provincial Court on Thursday.

26-year-old Keistein Michell, from Prince Albert is charged with:

– one count, attempted murder, Section 239(b), Criminal Code;
– one count, aggravated assault of a police officer, Section 270.02, Criminal Code;
– one count, assault of a police officer with a weapon, Section 270.01(2), Criminal Code;
– one count, failure to stop after an accident resulting in bodily harm, Section 320.16(2), Criminal Code;
– one count, flight from a police officer, Section 320.17, Criminal Code;
– one count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code;
– one count, operation of a motor vehicle while impaired, Section 320.14(1)(a), Criminal Code;
– one count operation of a motor vehicle while impaired over 80mg%, Section 320.14(1)(b), Criminal Code;
– one count, failure to comply with an undertaking, Section 145(4)(a), Criminal Code; and
– one count, resisting/obstructing a police officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code.

26-year-old Jasmine Beatty, from Deschambeault Lake is charged with:

– one count, flight from a police officer, Section 320.17, Criminal Code; and
– one count, resisting/obstructing a police officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code.