A 31-year-old man was arrested last week after he led police on a highway chase that began in the Stettler area last Thursday and ended near Three Hills later that night.
Stettler RCMP reported that Jason John Dunlop of Red Deer had multiple warrants for his arrest out of Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina and Yorkton.
He faces 17 charges from the Stettler area, including assaulting a peace officer. His bail hearing was scheduled for Tuesday at Red Deer Provincial Court.
Police said more charges are pending.
Stettler RCMP Sgt. Duncan Babchuk said the detachment received a noon hour report last Thursday of a suspicious male in a grey-coloured Ford F-350 parked at the stop sign at Range Road 20-4 and Highway 594.
“Investigators attended to find a 31-year-old male to be disoriented and evasive,” Babchuk said Tuesday. “It was observed that the tailgate of the truck was damaged and there was a heaping amount of copper wire in the box of the vehicle.”
“When the driver was ordered to completely roll down his window and shut off the ignition, he put the truck in gear and commenced fleeing the area. A police pursuit initiated into the Three Hills area, where a spike belt was deployed at Range Road 23-3 and Highway 590. All four truck tires were flattened and the vehicle stopped approximately one kilometre west of Highway 21 on Highway 590.”
Babchuk said the driver then ran from the truck and evaded arrest by hiding in a stand of trees.
“Police Dog Services (PDS) were called to attend and a HAWKES helicopter from Calgary Police Service assisted with the search.
“At 11 p.m., PDS located the male and upon arrest he confronted the police dog and dog handler, which resulted in his apprehension by the dog.”
The investigation revealed that the truck was stolen from Rosetown, Sask., and the licence plate was stolen from Red Deer.