MEDICINE HAT
POLICE SERVICE

MEDIA RELEASE

05-030349
Media Interest
2005-12-22 06:15 -
THEFT - AUTOMOBILE
2200-2250 24 ST SE

Text Release Date and Time: 2005-12-22 12

FILE 2005-30349
ON 2005-12-22 MEDICINE HAT POLICE SERVICE WERE INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT WITH A STOLEN 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN AT AROUND 05:58 A.M. TO MEDICINE HAT POLICE. THE VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED BY OFFICERS JUST EAST OF MEDICINE HAT ON THE TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS PURSUED EAST ON THE TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY INTO SASKATCHEWAN JURISDICTION, WHERE A SPIKE BELT WAS DEPLOYED BY MAPLE CREEK RCMPOLICE, WHICH BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE LONE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE FLED ON FOOT INTO AN AREA OF BUSH AND EVADED POLICE, HOWEVER, THE IDENTITY OF THE MALE, A 20 YEAR OLD MALE, IS KNOWN AND A WARRANT IS BEING SOUGHT.