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By Susan McNeil

Flight from police

No escape in nature, RCMP find three men after chase in Sturgeon Lake

Jun 13, 2024 | 4:16 PM

An attempt to avoid arrest by three men in Sturgeon Lake ended in failure after the RCMP Warrant Enforcement Suppression Team (WEST) managed to track and locate all three suspects who had fled in a stolen truck.

WEST officers were in the community on June 11 to find a wanted man when one of them saw a truck that had been stolen in Prince Albert on June 6.

Officers had already connected the truck to their suspect, so they activated their lights and sirens, but the driver did not stop.

The officers then put a tire deflation device down in the truck’s path, but the driver went over it, deflating both front tires and still refusing to stop. He continued on rims until finally stopping in a grassy field.

Three men then left the vehicle and ran on foot.

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Officers followed them down a heavily brushed hill towards a slough. They caught the first man knee-deep in slough water and then found the second hiding in some brush.

The third suspect was found by RCMP service dog Rogue despite hiding himself with leaves, branches and dirt.

As the investigation continued, officers found two loaded semi-automatic guns that had been thrown from the moving truck as it fled officers.

The truck was reported as being stolen during a robbery in Prince Albert on June 6.

A 19-year-old man, Kalen Felix, of Sturgeon Lake is facing 11 charges including flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, resisting a police officer, possession of property obtained by crime and multiple gun charges.

He also had outstanding warrants for aggravated assault and robbery with a firearm from an incident in Little Red River on May 21.

Keyano Ahenakew, a 26-year-old man from Ahtahkakoop has similar charges, excluding the driving ones, along with failing to comply with a probation order.

Ahenakew had an outstanding arrest warrant from Ahtahkakoop for breach of probation.

The third man, Etienne Felix of Sturgeon Lake, is also facing multiple gun related charges and failing to comply with a probation order.

No outstanding warrants were listed for him.

susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com