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By Tanner Smith

RCMP

UPDATE: Whitecourt RCMP make an arrest after “suspicious vehicle” fled from police

Jan 15, 2025 | 4:45 PM

UPDATE:

The Whitecourt RCMP has provided an update regarding its police chase and arrest from earlier this week.

Their investigation has led them to find the “suspicious vehicle” involved in the pursuit was stolen out of Edmonton, along with the license plate.

Photo Courtesy Whitecourt RCMP

Bradley Gordon Duff, a 39-year-old Whitecourt resident had 18 charges laid against him:

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• Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, without a license
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
• Four counts of possession of a firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, any ammunition, any prohibited ammunition, or an explosive substance whilst prohibited
• Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• Impaired operation of a motor vehicle
• Refusal to comply with demand (for impaired)
• Operate a motor vehicle while being pursued
• Tow counts of operating a motor vehicle while prohibited from doing so
• Possession of property obtained by crime, over $5000
• Possession of property obtained by crime, under $5000
• Fraudulent concealment
• Operate a motor vehicle while uninsured
  Photo Courtesy Whitecourt RCMP
  Photo Courtesy Whitecourt RCMP

Duff was remanded into custody with a court date set for Monday, January 20, in St. Albert.

At this time, Whitecourt RCMP says the investigation is still ongoing.

Earlier today, (Wednesday, January 15) Whitecourt RCMP, with help from multiple other detachments, apprehended a suspect who fled from officers.

Mounties attempted to perform a traffic stop on a “suspicious vehicle” parked on the roadside in Whitecourt.

The vehicle then fled, passing through Mayerthorpe RCMP jurisdiction and then into Evansburg, before being stopped by a spike belt.

Once stopped, the driver of the “suspicious vehicle” then fled on foot into the woods, along a stretch of Highway 16, between Range Road 91 and the Wildwood area.

A number of RCMP services and detachments were then dispatched to help locate the suspect.

That included RCMP officers from Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe, Evansburg and Edson, along with the Whitecourt General Investigation Services (GIS), Whitecourt Traffic Services, Police Dog Services (PDS), the Western Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (WAD CRU), Provincial Crime Reduction Team (CRT), RCMP Air Services, and Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPASS) more commonly known as drones.

As a result of pooling all these resources together and “exceptional teamwork from all assisting units” the suspect driving the “suspicious vehicle” was arrested without incident.

More updates are expected.

In the release, RCMP also thanked the public for their cooperation and understanding during a time of increased police presence.