Items stolen from a RCMP cruiser in Grande Prairie on Wednesday night. Photo courtesy Grande Prairie RCMP

By Shane Clausing

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Two arrested and charged following stolen police uniform and equipment investigation

Mar 21, 2022 | 4:28 PM

The Grande Prairie RCMP have charged two people in relation to an investigation regarding a stolen police uniform and equipment from a police cruiser last week.

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Police say they on March 16 at 10:41 p.m. they located a vehicle in the area of 162 Avenue and 102 Street that had been reported as stolen.

Attempts to stop the vehicle led to it being driven off the road. A female suspect in the vehicle at the time was arrested, but a male suspect fled on foot and drove off in an idled police cruiser.

The cruiser was eventually recovered, but a number of items were taken from it, including an RCMP patrol jacket and toque, handcuffs, a hard body armour, and a 40 mm extended range impact weapon.

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The suspect was David Pinfield who was eventually arrested and taken into custody.

The 31-year-old Pinfield from Valleyview appeared in Grande Prairie Provincial Court on March 21 and was charged with the following:

• Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• Flight from police
• Possession of stolen property x2
• Resist arrest
• Theft of motor vehicle
• Break and enter
• Theft over $5,000

He has since been remanded into custody and will appear in court again on April 4.

The female who police arrested was 29-year-old Sara Desjarlais from Grande Prairie. She has been charged with robbery, possession of stolen property, assault on a police officer with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

She has been released from custody on conditions and is scheduled to appear in Grande Prairie court on April 20.