By Sheldon Spackman

Enough Evidence For Trial?

Preliminary hearing scheduled for Lacombe man accused in local carjacking

Oct 26, 2021 | 10:14 AM

A preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place early next year for a Lacombe man charged in a local carjacking near Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Quinten Meyer, 26, will find out on Jan. 18, 2022 if his case has enough evidence to go to trial.

It was shortly before 11:00 p.m. on July 11 when Red Deer RCMP responded to a reported armed robbery of a motor vehicle near the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Mounties allege a male suspect approached a female sitting in her car, displayed a weapon, and ordered the woman to exit her vehicle, which she did without injury.

Red Deer RCMP issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) for the stolen vehicle along with the suspect’s description. Thirty minutes later, an officer in Innisfail observed a similar vehicle in a restaurant parking lot.

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Police say the officer determined the driver matched the suspect description and attempted to make an arrest. However, the suspect fled the parking lot in the vehicle.

After tracking the suspect through the town of Innisfail and surrounding rural area for approximately 15 minutes, the stolen vehicle was stopped along 50 Street and 42 Ave.

Mounties credited the quick action and cooperation between the two neighbouring RCMP detachments, for the suspect being arrested without incident and transported back to Red Deer.

Meyer faces five charges, including armed robbery, flight from police, operation of a motor vehicle while prohibited, mischief under $5000, and resisting a peace officer.

Related: Red Deer and Innisfail RCMP apprehend robbery suspect