By Troy Gillard

TWO ARRESTED

Police fired at while pursuing suspects from Sylvan Lake to Erskine

Aug 14, 2020 | 3:15 PM

Two men are in custody following a dynamic incident that saw multiple police pursuits and shots fired at a police truck.

The incident started just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday when Sylvan Lake RCMP were advised by Calgary Police Service that a stolen vehicle was in their area. The vehicle sped through the Lacombe area and was later located by Blackfalds RCMP. When it failed to stop for police, a pursuit was initiated, but terminated shortly thereafter.

Police say the vehicle was again located and a tire deflation device was deployed. The vehicle entered a rural property east of Lacombe where the occupants abandoned it and stole another truck that was on the property before fleeing.

Another police pursuit was initiated during which a Police Dog Services truck was struck by shots believed to have been fired by the suspects in the stolen truck. No one was injured.

The RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT) was deployed to assist in capturing the suspects.

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The vehicle was tracked to an area near Erskine where containment was set up by the RCMP. Shortly after, they received information that two other vehicles had just been stolen from a property in the area. Again, tire deflation devices were utilized and both stolen vehicles were successfully stopped near Highway 12 and Range Road 202. The ERT took both suspects into custody at 3:47 a.m. on August 13.

RCMP recovered a firearm from the stolen vehicle that itself had been stolen during a home invasion near Caroline on Monday (Aug. 10).

Police say Kenton Charles Butters, 31, was unlawfully at large and wanted on a Canada-wide warrant at the time of this incident.

In relation to the Stettler incident, Butters is facing 12 criminal code charges including theft of a truck, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop when being pursued, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and possession of a stolen firearm.

In relation to the events in Blackfalds jurisdiction, Butters is charged with eight counts including theft of a truck, discharge a firearm with intent and assault with a weapon.

Alexander Michael Talbot, 28, is charged with four counts out of Stettler, including theft of a truck, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and fail to stop when being pursued.

RCMP say their investigation has tied Butters to the Caroline home invasion and have charged him with break and enter to a house and theft of firearms. Additional suspects are still being sought for that home invasion.

Butters and Talbot remain in custody and have bail hearings scheduled for Monday in Red Deer provincial court.