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By Tanner Smith

RCMP

Grande Prairie RCMP arrest two residents during proactive patrols

Jan 3, 2024 | 8:03 AM

Grande Prairie RCMP has charged two residents for multiple offenses, after conducting proactive patrols in the Hillside Area on December 4.

Just after 4 a.m. Mounties said in a release, they observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempted to pull the vehicle over but it fled at a high speed.

Shortly after fleeing, the suspect vehicle lost control and came to a stop, the two suspects then fled on foot.

Mounties then pursued and arrested the suspects and searched the vehicle; Finding a loaded shotgun, multiple live rounds for the weapon, and five grams of what RCMP believed to be meth.

24-year-old Jesse Bujol, a resident of Grande Prairie received 18 charges, including:

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Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
Flight from a peace officer
Two counts of Resist arrest
Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
Two counts of Careless use of a firearm
Unauthorized possession of a firearm
Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
Three Counts of Possession of firearm contrary to order
Tampering with a serial number of a firearm
Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
Two counts of Failure to comply with a probation order
Possession of a controlled substance
Fail to remain at the scene of a collision

25-year-old Cheyenne Badger, also a resident of Grande Prairie received ten charges:

Two counts of careless use of a firearm
Unauthorized possession of a firearm
Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
Tampering with a serial number of a firearm
Two counts of resisting arrest
Possession of a controlled substance

Following a release hearing, Bujold was remanded into custody while Badger was released, with both scheduled to be in court on January 10.

by Tanner Smith