One of three sentenced in alleged kidnapping with firearm incident
One of three people charged in an alleged kidnapping with a firearm incident in central Alberta last summer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and a lifetime firearms prohibition.
Following a preliminary hearing in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on May 15, 2023, Richard Stanley Soosay, 31, of the Samson Cree Nation, was sentenced after being convicted on one count of possession of a prohibited firearm.
Meantime, co-accused, Amy Natasha Okeymow, 38, of the Samson Cree Nation, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on July 14, 2023, to find out if her case has enough evidence to go to trial.
It was on Saturday, August 13, 2022, when Maskwacis RCMP responded to a call for service on the Samson Cree Nation where a female reported being kidnapped by multiple individuals and held against her will.