Four arrested after vehicle allegedly stolen at gunpoint in Ponoka

RCMP located the vehicle on the Samson townsite and began observing it with an unmarked vehicle.

Once outside the townsite, police attempted to stop the vehicle, and a short pursuit ensued with police observing the occupant tossing items out the window, including, allegedly, a loaded SKS rifle.

The vehicle was disabled near Township Road 432 and Range Road 241, and all four occupants were arrested.

Donovan Rain, 32, a resident of Samson First Nation, has been charged with:

Weapons offences (x4)
Dangerous driving
Fail to comply with a release order (x2)
Possession of stolen property under $5000
Obstruct peace officer

Rain was taken before a Justice of the Peace and was remanded into custody with his next court date set for May 14, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin.

Matthew Moonias, 22, a resident of Louis Bull First Nation, has been charged with:

Weapons offences (x5)
Fail to comply with probation order

Jasmine Soosay, 24, a resident of Maskwacis, was charged with three weapons offences. She was released on conditions to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on May 23, 2024.

Ashantay Moonias, 21, a resident of Maskwacis, was charged with three weapons offences. She was released on conditions to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on June 4, 2024.

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Four arrested after vehicle allegedly stolen at gunpoint in Ponoka

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