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By Sheldon Spackman

October 2024 Incident

Trial dates scheduled for one of two charged in central Alberta police chase

Mar 12, 2025 | 2:36 PM

Trial dates have been set for one of two people charged following a police pursuit in central Alberta last fall.

Corey Garrett Peers, 36, of Wainwright, AB, is scheduled for trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice from Nov. 12-14, 2025. His co-accused, meantime, Jeff Edward Medd, 41, of Leduc County, AB, has his matters return to Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on March 13, 2025.

Alberta RCMP spokesperson, Cst. Cory Riggs, says Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Reduction Unit was doing proactive patrols on Oct. 10, 2024, when they located a vehicle towing a trailer displaying a stolen license plate.

The vehicle, a black pick-up truck, was travelling southbound on the QEII Highway.

RCMP attempted to pull the vehicle over, which is when, it’s said, one of the occupants crawled out through the sunroof at highway speeds to start unloading items and debris from the trailer. According to police, the suspects then unhooked the trailer while still driving, in an effort to halt police from pursuing them.

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RCMP then opted to follow at a distance to ensure safety.

RCMP say the suspect vehicle then departed the QEII onto a rural road, in the Lacombe County area, at which point a tire deflation device was successfully deployed.

The suspects are said to have then stolen another vehicle, this time a silver pick-up truck, from a farmer’s field.

Members once again used a spike belt successfully, and about one hour after initially responding, officers were able to arrest two people on a rural property on Range Road 270 in Lacombe County.

Rimbey, Ponoka and Blackfalds RCMP detachments, as well as Red Deer and provincial Crime Reduction Units, all provided assistance.

Corey Garrett Peers, 35, of Wainwright, was charged with the following:

• S 331.CC Motor vehicle theft x2
• S 270.01(a)cc assault peace officer
• S 94(1) cc unauthorized firearm possession in motor vehicle
• S 92(1) cc possession of unauthorized firearm
• S 341 cc Fraudulent concealment x2
• S 86(1) Careless storage of firearm
• S 430(1)(a)cc Mischief
• S 430(4)cc Mischief relating to religious property, educational institutions
• 320.17 cc Failure to stop after accident
• S 320.13(1) dangerous operation x2
• S 145 (5)(a) cc Failure to comply with order
• S 117.01(1) Possession contrary to order x2
• S. 320.17 cc Flight from peace officer
• s. 355(a) cc possession of property obtained by crime – greater than $5,000

Peers was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody.

Jeff Edward Medd, 40, of Leduc County, was charged with the following: offences:

• S 331.CC Motor vehicle theft x2
• S 270.01(a)cc assault peace officer
• S 94(1) cc unauthorized firearm possession in motor vehicle
• S 92(1) cc possession of unauthorized firearm
• S 86(1) Careless storage of firearm
• S 117.01(1) Possession contrary to order x2
• S. 320.17 cc Flight from peace officer
• s. 355(a) cc possession of property obtained by crime – greater than $5,000

Medd was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody.

Related: Two arrested after police chase from Wetaskiwin to Lacombe County