A Cold Laker has been charged after a stolen vehicle was recovered.
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, the Lakeland Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) with help from Cold Lake RCMP and Elk Point RCMP, located a stolen vehicle driving westbound on Highway 55 in Cold Lake.
RCMP did not attempt to conduct a traffic stop at the time due to public safety, police said.
They then were able to safely set up containment and deployed a tire deflation device successfully stopping the vehicle. The driver fled on foot into a wooded area, Cold Lake Police Dog services (PDS) was deployed. PDS tracked and apprehended the driver of the stolen vehicle.
As a result of the investigation, Angel Blackman, 32 a resident of Cold Lake, was charged with:
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Dangerous driving
- Resist/obstruct a peace officer
- Flight from police
Blackman was brought before a Justice of the Peace and remanded in custody with her next court date set for Jan. 10, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Cold Lake.
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Cold Lake woman charged after stolen vehicle found
A Cold Laker has been charged after a stolen vehicle was recovered.
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, the Lakeland Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) with help from Cold Lake RCMP and Elk Point RCMP, located a stolen vehicle driving westbound on Highway 55 in Cold Lake.
RCMP did not attempt to conduct a traffic stop at the time due to public safety, police said.
They then were able to safely set up containment and deployed a tire deflation device successfully stopping the vehicle. The driver fled on foot into a wooded area, Cold Lake Police Dog services (PDS) was deployed. PDS tracked and apprehended the driver of the stolen vehicle.
As a result of the investigation, Angel Blackman, 32 a resident of Cold Lake, was charged with:
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Dangerous driving
- Resist/obstruct a peace officer
- Flight from police
Blackman was brought before a Justice of the Peace and remanded in custody with her next court date set for Jan. 10, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Cold Lake.
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