The driver of a truck rammed two Kindersley police vehicles causing significant damage while trying to flee from police on Aug. 4.
Donovan Straightnose, 26, from Saskatoon, is charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, dangerous driving, failing to stop for a peace officer, failing to stop at an accident, failing to comply with release conditions, and possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000.
At about 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 4, Kindersley RCMP received a report of a fuel theft from a business in Kindersley. The police investigation determined a truck filled up with diesel and left without paying. The truck had a license plate reported as stolen in Calgary, Alta., on July 29.
About two hours later, at 6:50 p.m., Kindersley RCMP received a report that the suspect vehicle was at a different business in Kindersley.
Officers immediately responded and located the truck. They attempted to block it in and the truck rammed the two police vehicles.
The officers inside the vehicles were not injured.
The truck fled and officers patrolled the area but didn’t locate the truck.
A warrant was issued for Straightnose’s arrest and he was arrested by Hanna RCMP on Aug. 5 in an unrelated incident. He remains in custody and Kindersley RCMP is working to extend the warrant into Alberta. His date on the charges from Kindersley RCMP is pending.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Forensic Identification Services is assisting in this ongoing investigation.
