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By Tanner Smith
Crime

High Prairie Mounties warrant offenders project results in arrests

Jan 26, 2025 | 9:00 AM

RCMP in High Prairie have started a new project, directed at targeting offenders wanted on warrants.

With support from Faust RCMP, the Western Alberta Crime Reduction Unit, the Provincial Crime Reduction Team, Alberta’s Emergency Response Team, Police Dog Services, and RCMP Air Services; Mounties visited a location near Atikameg on January 9.

Once on the scene, Mounties witnessed a quad, associated with an offender wanted on warrants, flee from police.

Mounties attempted to stop the quad, which resulted in it being lodged and stuck in a snow bank, and officers took the ATV operator into custody.

Jack George Auger, a 24-year-old Atikameg resident, was taken into custody with 16 charges laid against him, on top 26 existing warrants:

  • Flight from a police officer (x2)
  • Driving offences
  • Resist/obstruct police officer
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Failing to comply with release order conditions (x5)
  • Possession of weapons contrary to order (x3)

Officers also seized 3.77 grams of methamphetamine and 5.88 grams of cannabis.

Auger was remanded into custody, and was scheduled to be in court January 20.

The same day, (January 9) RCMP also located a suspect wanted on warrants with a stolen vehicle in a wooded area.

Mounties attempted to apprehend the suspect, but they fled and were tracked back to their residence in Atkiameg by a police dog.

All occupants of the home were evacuated before an arrest was made, without incident.

Atikameg resident, 28-year-old, Jericho Boyd Grey had 19 charges laid against him, on top 29 pre-existing warrants:

  • Operating a motor vehicle while prohibited (x3)
  • Flight from a police officer
  • Resist/obstruct police officer
  • Possession of property obtained by crime
  • Dangerous operation of motor vehicle
  • Failing to comply with probation order (x2)
  • Take motor vehicle without consent
  • Firearms offences (x12)

Additionally, RCMP seized several weapons, a firearm, and an assortment of ammunition.

Grey was remanded into custody had a court date set January 20.

by Tanner Smith