Maskwacis RCMP have arrested four individuals after an alleged carjacking in Ponoka.
On May 9, about around 5 a.m., the Ponoka RCMP detachment received a report that a vehicle was stolen at gunpoint from outside a residence on 55 Street in town.
The detachment passed on the information to neighbouring law enforcement and Maskwacis RCMP was alerted to a sighting of the vehicle at 1:07 p.m. in the Samson Cree Nation town site. Officers observed the vehicle in an unmarked police car.
After the vehicle left the town site, police attempted to stop it and a short pursuit ensued. According to the release, officers saw the occupant of the vehicle tossing items out the window, including a loaded SKS rifle, during the chase.
The vehicle was disabled on Township Road 432 and Range Road 241 and all four occupants were arrested.
Donovan Rain, 32, a resident of Samson Cree Nation, has been charged with four weapons offences, dangerous driving, two counts of failing to comply with a release order, possession of stolen property under $5,000, and obstructing a police officer.
Rain was taken before a Justice of the Peace and was remanded into custody with his next court date set for May 14, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.
Matthew Moonias, 22, a resident of Louise Bull First Nation, has been charged with five weapons offences and failure to comply with a probation order.
Jasmine Soosay, 24, a resident of Maskwacis, was charged with three weapons offences. She was released on conditions to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on May 23.
Ashantay Moonias, 21, a resident of Maskwacis, was charged with three weapons offences. She was released on conditions to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on June 4.