Just after 3am on November 10, 2013, Portage la Prairie RCMP, assisted by Amaranth RCMP, Portage la Prairie Police Dog Service and Sandy Bay Dakota Ojibway Police Service, made arrests in relation to the theft of a quad ATV.
Police on patrol observed a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am on Road 71 North in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Police noted that the vehicle was towing a quad with an individual riding on it.
The suspect vehicle failed to stop when police activated their emergency equipment. The suspects then abandoned the quad and fled in the car. Police located the vehicle north of Langruth where the driver had rendered it inoperable and the occupants fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit 3 suspects were apprehended with the assistance of the Police Dog. Subsequent investigation indicated that the quad had been stolen.
RCMP report that the 22-year-old Kenneth Sutherland, 19-year-old Austin Houle and a 16-year-old male were charged with flight from police, possession of property obtained by crime, obstructing a police officer and possession of break-in instruments.
