Mountie forced to dodge thrown bullets near Delmas

An RCMP officer was ducking bullets during a recent incident, but the projectiles weren’t fired at the Mountie.

According to a release, the 44-year-old suspect threw bullets at the officer before being arrested.

The RCMP said the incident happened Feb. 26 on the Sweetgrass First Nation, where an officer from the North Battleford Crime Reduction Team saw a pickup truck that had been reported stolen to the Battlefords RCMP earlier in the day.

The officer tried to pull over the pickup, but the driver took off. Police said the officer kept patrolling and found the truck parked on the side of a grid road near Delmas, a community northwest of North Battleford.

“Two males exited the truck,” the RCMP release said. “The passenger was arrested without incident but the driver refused to comply with the officer’s commands and began yelling and throwing bullets, by hand, at the officer. The male then barricaded himself in the truck.”

Police said other officers arrived and tried to convince the man to surrender. After he refused, the Mounties executed what the release called “an arrest plan” and took the man into custody.

A man from the Sweetgrass First Nation was charged with one count each of taking a motor vehicle without the consent of its owner, flight from a peace officer, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operation of a vehicle while prohibited, resisting/obstructing a peace officer, mischief under $5,000, and possession of a weapon contrary to an order. He’s to appear in court Friday.

The passenger was released without charges. No one was injured in the incident.