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By Sheldon Spackman

Five Months

Red Deer man sentenced in Airdrie B&E involving stolen vehicles

Jun 27, 2023 | 11:28 AM

One of two people from Red Deer charged after Mounties used a spike belt to disable a stolen vehicle taken from a business in Airdrie last year has been sentenced to five months in jail.

Juan David Gomez, 27, was also sentenced to 12 months of probation, a one-year license suspension, and ordered to pay $10,977.08 in restitution after being convicted on three counts in Calgary Court of Justice on June 21, 2023. Gomez was convicted on counts of flight from peace officer, theft of a motor vehicle, and break and enter-not a dwelling house.

It was on Dec. 5, 2022, at 1:30 a.m., when Airdrie RCMP were called to a commercial business in the East Lake area for a break-in. Police say a male and female suspect entered the business taking keys for two vehicles that were parked outside.

As officers arrived, RCMP say the suspects fled in the two stolen vehicles; one being a garbage truck. Officers say they were able to follow the vehicles as they drove north on the QEII Highway.

Mounties say the suspects abandoned the garbage truck near Crossfield and continued to travel north (in the other vehicle) on the QEII Highway. Near Innisfail, officers successfully deployed a tire deflation device and took the suspects into custody.

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Gomez was initially charged with the following offences:

• Break and Enter
• Mischief over $5,000
• Theft under $5000
• Theft of a motor vehicle x 2
• Flight from peace officer
• Fail to comply with release order condition

32-year old Tash-Leigh Maceachern, also a resident of Red Deer, was charged with the following offences:

• Break and Enter
• Mischief over $5,000
• Theft under $5000
• Theft of a motor vehicle x 2
• Flight from peace officer
• Possession break-in instruments

Maceachern’s matter returns to Airdrie Court of Justice for plea on July 13, 2023.

Related: Red Deer residents charged in Airdrie break-in and stolen vehicles incident