Suspect arrested after armed robbery in High Prairie

High Prairie RCMP have made an arrest in relation to a robbery involving a firearm on August 22, 2018.

That night, at roughly 8 p.m. a High Prairie police officer spotted a male suspect running from a business. The suspect got into a white 2016 Jeep Cherokee and fled the scene. A pursuit was not initiated due to public safety concerns.  Police were later told a man had come into the store, produced a firearm, and made off with an undisclosed amount of liquor and cash. 
 
Twenty-three-year-old Dakota Frederick Ouellette of Drayton Valley has been charged with a handful of offences including robbery with a firearm, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting arrest, and carrying a concealed weapon.
 
Ouellette remains in custody and will appear in Slave Lake Provincial Court today for a bail hearing.