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By Curtis Galbraith

Court

Forty-month sentence given after what police described as a crime spree

Sep 23, 2020 | 5:30 AM

Alberta Justice says a 40-month jail term has been given to the man charged after what RCMP described at the time as a two-day crime spree in the City and County of Grande Prairie.

Robert Wade Stewart was sentenced during a September 15 appearance in Grande Prairie court. He had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting a peace officer, possession of stolen property over $5000, and operation of a vehicle while prohibited. A dozen other charges were withdrawn.

Stewart will be given 13 months credit for time spent in custody before he was sentenced.

RCMP said at the time they were called to a home in the Hillside area May 31, 2019, and found Stewart loading items onto a stolen cargo trailer. He fled in a stolen pickup.

That truck was later found abandoned in Clairmont, where a second truck had also been stolen. That vehicle was later located east of Grade Prairie, pulling a stolen travel trailer. The truck fled from police, striking another vehicle, and causing minor damage while fleeing.

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RCMP said on June 1, 2019, Stewart struck three police vehicles with the stolen truck when Mounties came to arrest him. He was later located at a Grande Prairie home and arrested without incident.