Armed carjacking suspect who fled on snowmobile arrested without incident

RCMPhave arresteda suspect who evaded police after a carjacking in central Alberta on Monday.

Wednesday morning, BlackfaldsRCMP issued a news release saying they had an arrest warrant for the suspect. They warnedthe public not to approach him because he was "armed and dangerous."

On Wednesday afternoon, police said the man had been arrested without incident.

The suspect had been wanted onnumerous charges after a Monday afternoon carjacking on a rural road following a two-vehicle collision in central Alberta.

BlackfaldsRCMPsaid they got a report around 4 p.m. Monday that an SUV and a pickup truck had collidedon Township Road 394 near the hamlet of Haynes, 160 kilometres south of Edmonton.

The SUVcouldn't be driven after the crash.

Its driver "forcefully took the pickup and fled from the collision scene," police said.The driver of the pickup truck wasn't hurt in the crash but hesuffered injuries in a struggle with the suspect.

Dog unit, helicopter called in

The pickup, with two flat tires, travelled north toward Bashawthen west toward Ponoka. It was seen driving onto an oilfield lease site. Police recovered the truck at the site.

At 5:10 p.m., Monday,RCMPhad the site surrounded. Officers from seven area detachments were involved, including a dog unit, theemergency response team and anRCMP helicopter.

But police later determined the suspect, wearing white camouflage and carrying a white bag and a rifle,had fled the property on a snowmobile before they had the area contained.

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The suspect was wanted on charges of robbery, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle and disobeying a court order.

He was also wanted on previous arrest warrants out of Ponoka and Red Deer.

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