UPDATE: RCMP make arrest in relation to incident north of Red Deer
RCMP say as of 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 8, 38-year-old Michael Richter has been arrested in connection to an incident Monday afternoon north and east of Red Deer.
Mounties had put out a warrant for his arrest earlier on Wednesday. He was taken into custody without incident.
Blackfalds detachment originally responded around 4 p.m. on Monday to a two vehicle collision on Township Road 394 which resulted in the driver of an SUV taking the other driver’s pick-up truck and fleeing. The driver of the pick-up suffered some injuries as a reult of a struggle between himself and the suspect.
Mounties say the truck, with two flat tires, travelled northbound towards Bashaw before turning west towards Ponoka. It was last seen driving off a dead end road (RR 243 north of Highway 53) and onto an oilfield lease site.