Calgary police said a 36-year-old woman showed “a reckless disregard for public safety” after she was accused of stealing a vehicle and being involved in a hit-and-run accident that sent a motorcyclist to hospital with serious injuries.
Police said the incident began around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday while a man was standing outside his running vehicle in the 2000 block of Erlton Road S.W..
An unknown woman jumped into the drivers seat, but despite attempts by the man and a friend to stop the woman, she managed to get away with the vehicle.
A short time later, police received a call about a reckless driver who had rear-ended a motorcyclist near the intersection of Macleod Trail and 53 Avenue S.W..
The motorcyclist was sent to hospital in serious but stable condition.
A 36-year-old woman faces more than a dozen charges after Calgary police claim she stole a vehicle that was later involved in a hit-and-run that sent a motorcyclist to hospital with serious injuries.
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Around 3 p.m., police also received a call about a suspected impaired driver in the area of 15 Street S.E. and New Street S.E..
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Two minutes later, police received a report of a vehicle striking a barrier on Inglewood Point S.E. and the driver getting out of the vehicle to change her clothes.
Officers flooded into the area and located the suspect sitting on a rock along a pathway in the 1000 block of 15 Street S.E., where she was arrested.
Police claim a search of the suspect found her to be in possession of more than $30,000 worth of fentanyl and shatter (cannabis).
It was also determined that she was wanted on several outstanding warrants.
The crash, involving a motorcycle that police said was rear-ended by a stolen vehicle, shut down Macleod Trail near 53 Avenue S.W. for about two hours on Wednesday afternoon.
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Thirty-six-year-old Candice Lacey Mineault has been charged with:
- two counts of possession of drugs
- one count of failing to comply
- theft of a motor vehicle
- dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm
- failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm
- failure to comply with release order
- breach of a probation order
- operating an unregistered motor vehicle on a highway
- driving without insurance on a highway
- operation of a motor vehicle without an operator’s licence
- failure to report a collision to police
- theft under $5,000 from a motor vehicle.
Mineault was remanded in custody until her next court appearance.
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