A 33-year-old Olds resident is one of three people – including one from Didsbury -- facing a variety of charges following an alleged snowmobile theft in Airdrie on the weekend.
The man, whose name had not been released by RCMP by press time, is charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and theft over $5,000.
He was released from custody and is due in court in March.
A 45-year-old man from Didsbury faces 10 charges: possession of stolen property over $5,000, theft over $5,000, break and enter, three counts of failing to comply with conditions of a release, and four counts of failing to comply with probation conditions.
At press time, he was still in custody, waiting to go before a justice of the peace to determine his release conditions.
The third alleged culprit is a 24-year-old Calgary man.
He faces three charges: possession of stolen property over $5,000, theft over $5,000 and break and enter.
He was released from custody and is also due in court in March.
This past Saturday, Jan. 23 at about 10 p.m., Airdrie RCMP received a complaint from a concerned neighbour that a trailer with two snowmobiles had just been stolen outside his home in the Morningside area of Airdrie.
The neighbour followed the suspect vehicle out of Airdrie until RCMP took over tracking the vehicle.
A spike belt was deployed successfully on Symons Valley Road, just north of Calgary city limits and the vehicle stopped a short distance away.
Three men ran from the vehicle and were tracked by RCMP police dog services.
As one male was being tracked by the dog, two others hid in a nearby farmyard Quonset.
RCMP searched the area with assistance from Calgary police and found all three suspects, including the two who were hiding in farm equipment in the Quonset.
Two suspects were taken to a Calgary-area hospital for minor, non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP warn that it's very dangerous to follow suspects after they have committed a crime, especially into a rural area late at night.
"At the end of the day, it is only property that can be replaced," Const. Matt Gervais says
