Two people are facing multiple charges after several RCMP vehicles were deliberately rammed during a chaotic series of events in eastern Alberta last week.
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Kitscoty RCMP say officers were called to an abandoned vehicle at an oil site along Township Road 492 shortly before 4 p.m. on Jan. 15. Police found a grey sedan and a black pickup truck without a licence plate at the scene.
Mounties allege a woman driving the pickup intentionally rammed a stationary police vehicle with an officer inside, disabling both vehicles. The two suspects then got into the sedan and tried to flee, but the car became stuck in the snow.
Police say the suspects ran east across a field to an unoccupied rural residence, broke in and stole a white SUV from the garage.
As another Kitscoty RCMP officer arrived at the residence, the stolen SUV collided with the passenger side of a moving police vehicle while backing out of the garage, police said. The suspects then fled again, narrowly missing a third police vehicle while attempting to turn north onto Range Road 14.
The SUV later became stuck in deep snow. The male suspect was arrested after fleeing on foot, followed shortly by the arrest of the female suspect, RCMP said.
Greg Michael Wilson, 34, of Mannville and Keisha Rai Sharp, 29, of Waseca, are each charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, possession of property obtained by crime, break and enter and theft of a motor vehicle. Police say the pair also breached multiple conditions of existing release orders.
Two RCMP officers whose vehicles were rammed suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were treated in hospital before being released.
“The quick response of multiple RCMP units was instrumental in the swift apprehension of these suspects,” said Alberta RCMP traffic Cpl. Trevor Schmidt in a release.
Assisting units included Lloydminster, Vermilion and Kitscoty RCMP detachments, crime reduction units, the Alberta RCMP real-time operations centre, police dog services and forensic teams.
RCMP statistics show incidents involving police vehicles being intentionally rammed have increased in recent years, with seven reported in 2023 and 15 in 2024. Police say six such incidents have already been reported in 2026.
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