An officer with Wetaskiwin RCMP attempted a traffic stop on Highway 2A with a white Chevrolet Equinox that was bearing an illegible license plate on June 13.
The vehicle failed to stop and fled at a high rate of speed south on Highway 2A, according to a release.
"The officer did not pursue the vehicle, however, officers with the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction Unit were in the area on proactive patrol and observed the suspect vehicle flee."
Officers initiated covert surveillance and followed the suspect vehicle until it ran out of gas in Samson Cree Nation.
The driver was arrested and identified as 32-year-old Donovan Lightning. Lightning has been charged with:
- flight from police
- dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
- fail to comply with probation order
After a judicial interim release hearing, Donovan was remanded into custody to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on June 17.
