A Manitoba woman is in custody facing a raft of charges after she fled from a traffic stop in a vehicle that had been reported stolen, the RCMP says.
Officers from the Swan River detachment were contacted on the morning of April 4, with a report that a suspect had entered a home in the community, taken keys, and stolen a vehicle.
Police later spotted the vehicle on Valley Road and Highway 10, and tried to pull it over, but the driver sped off.
Get breaking National news
With the help of a spike belt, police were able to stop the vehicle further down Highway 10, where they arrested the 32-year-old driver as well as a passenger, 33.
The driver has been charged with breaking-and-entering, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, theft, possession of a weapon obtained by crime, and two counts of fleeing police. She also faces a pair of impaired driving charges, as well as several traffic tickets.
The passenger, who was charged with possessing property obtained by crime, was released and will appear in a Swan River courtroom in July.
- Montreal-area pair accused of robbing funeral niches of jewelry
- Toronto man found guilty of murdering neighbour over BBQ smoke dispute, wife guilty as accessory
- ‘Give me the keys to your car’: Victims testify at trial for alleged serial home intruder
- Okotoks man charged after thousands of child sexual exploitation photos found
The RCMP continues to investigate.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.