Red Deer RCMP charged a 28-year-old man Wednesday in connection with the Nov. 12 theft of a truck that had two young girls sleeping in the back seat. The two children were then left on a street.
Logan Myles Gregory was arrested on Tuesday.
He was later charged with:
- Two counts of child abandonment;
- Theft over $5,000;
- Resisting/obstructing a peace officer;
- Mischief over $5,000;
- Two counts of failing to comply with recognizance.
RCMP said the driver of the truck left it running briefly while running into a home at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 12.
“Along with that report came the information that there was a one-year-old and a three-year-old in their car seats in the back of the vehicle at the time the truck was stolen,” said Cpl. Sarah Knelsen.
The kids were found “frightened but unharmed” less than half-an-hour later on a street about four kilometres away.
“With the public’s assistance we were able to locate the two children safely around the corner of Caribou and Carlyle Street…The truck was not at the scene.”
“They were both young girls, they were sisters,” said Knelsen. “A member of the public phoned in and said she had located two children and they were matching the descriptions of the two we were looking for.”
“We are so thankful that they were found in good health and we were able to reunite them with their mother.”
Mounties found the 2007 blue Toyota Tacoma late Friday morning.
RCMP identified the suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday, Red Deer RCMP responded to a complaint of a man sleeping in someone’s vehicle. Police identified the suspect as the man wanted on a warrant in connection with the Nov. 12 incident and took him into custody without incident.
*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published on Nov. 12 and was updated Nov. 17 with word of the suspect’s arrest. It was updated again on Nov. 18 when charges were laid.
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