Three people have been charged following an armed carjacking north of Edmonton on Tuesday afternoon, police say.
Just before 12:45 p.m., Morinville RCMP received a report of an armed robbery on a road northwest of Morinville. The town is located about 25 kilometres north of Edmonton.
RCMP say a rural property owner, who was in a truck with two other people, came upon another vehicle stuck in a field. When the property owner approached the stuck vehicle, police say what’s believed to be a sawed-off shotgun was pointed at the property owner and the two other people in the truck.
Three suspects stole the property owner’s Chevrolet Silverado and took off westbound on Highway 651, RCMP said in a media release Tuesday evening.
RCMP from Morinville, Westlock, Barrhead and Parkland were called in, along with the RCMP helicopter and police dog services.
The truck was eventually located in a St. Albert parking lot, police say. The three suspects — two men and a woman — were taken into custody by St. Albert RCMP.
RCMP say a loaded shotgun was recovered.
RCMP have also since identified that the truck the suspects were in was reported stolen in Leduc on June 15.
RCMP say the truck was towing a trailer with a tractor and riding mower on it. The tractor and mower were both stolen, RCMP say, and police are investigating whether the trailer was also stolen.
David Lawrence Desroches, 32, and Kalob Joshua Kochanowsky, 20, are facing 16 criminal charges each and Sheyene Victoria Bruno,28, is facing 13 criminal charges, RCMP said Thursday.
The charges include pointing a firearm, robbery with a firearm, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to comply with a release order condition.
Kochanowsky is also charged with possession of methamphetamine under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
RCMP say all three suspects remain in custody and are scheduled to appear in court on June 25.
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