Innisfail & Wetaskiwin Alta. – On June 28, 2024, Innisfail RCMP were investigating a suspicious vehicle near the Dickson Dam. Occupants of that vehicle were screaming at each other and causing a disturbance. RCMP were able de-escalated the situation however one of the persons involved provided RCMP with a false name. That male suspect was arrested for obstruction, failing to comply with release conditions and outstanding traffic warrants out of Wetaskiwin.
Jamie Swinamer, 35, a resident of Wetaskiwin, was charged with obstruction and two counts of failing to comply with a release order.
RCMP held Swinamer for a Judicial Interim release hearing and on June 29, 2024, he was released by a Justice of the Peace.
A short time later on June 29, 2024, an SUV was stolen from a residence in Innisfail. A family member of the owner saw the vehicle on the #2 highway near Wetaskiwin. Wetaskiwin RCMP intercepted the vehicle and arrested the driver who was the same suspect previously arrested by Innisfail RCMP.
Jamie Swinamer was additionally charged with possession of property obtained by crime, failing to comply with release order, driving while unauthorized and driving anuninsured motor vehicle.
A second judicial Interim Release hearing was held for Swinamer where he was remanded into a custody.
Swinamer is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on July 9 and at the Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer on July 24.
