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Saskatchewan RCMP is looking for a man after a high-speed chase near Big River earlier this week.
RCMP said in a news release on Friday that the RCMP Warrant Enforcement Suppression Team (WEST) was in the Ahtahkakoop First Nation area on July 30 for an unrelated police investigation when they saw a vehicle with two people inside that had been reported stolen out of Big River earlier that morning.
Police said officers attempted a traffic stop but the driver took off, driving at high speed and nearly hitting the police vehicle.
Officers followed as the vehicle headed west on Highway 790. and saw the vehicle slow down while the driver and the passenger switched places, before driving off at a high speed towards the Big River area.
Officers did not pursue the vehicle due to public safety concerns, but continued to follow its direction, police said.
The vehicle later turned down an unmarked dirt trail and police were unable to follow due to poor road conditions.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s aircraft was called in to conduct a search of the area and the stolen vehicle was seen being driven towards a wooded area. Big River RCMP then brought in all-terrain vehicles.
Police found a woman walking in a nearby field and arrested her, and later found the stolen vehicle abandoned near Whitefish First Nation. It had considerable damage.
The stolen vehicle was found abandoned near Whitefish First Nation. It had considerable damage. (Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)
A 26-year-old woman from Ahtahkakoop First Nation has been charged with robbery, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, fleeing from police and driving while prohibited, and was scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on August 6.
As well, police are still looking for 31-year-old Jordan Peterson from Prince Albert for charges of possession of stolen property and fleeing from police.
Peterson is described as approximately 5-foot-10 and weighing 200 lbs. He has brown hair and green eyes and multiple tattoos of letters and words on his hands and diamond shapes tattooed on his left forearm.
Do not approach Peterson, police warned, and anyone with information on his whereabouts should tell RCMP at 310-RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at saskcrimestoppers.com.
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