The RCMP have shared details about a police pursuit that led to a car crash and two arrests in downtown Sackville on Saturday, February 13, 2021.
Sackville RCMP were looking for a vehicle and people involved in an attempted armed robbery in the Memramcook region on Saturday, says RCMP spokesperson Corporal Hans Ouellette.
“Around 4:30pm on that day, the Sackville RCMP actually located the vehicle in the Sackville region,” says Ouellette. “The two people were arrested in that vehicle after the vehicle collided with a pole, after they failed to stop for police.”
“A police stop was initiated, and they failed to stop,” says Ouellette. “And then later on down the road, they would have been involved in a crash.”
The car in question crashed into a decorative black light pole at the corner of Bridge and Lorne Street in Sackville, knocking it completely over.
A man and a woman were arrested after the crash, and the woman was transported to a hospital, says Ouellette. The woman was still in hospital as of Thursday afternoon.
Ouellette says the man and woman, “are allegedly responsible for two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery in a matter of three days.”
On Thursday, February 11, the Shediac RCMP responded to a report of a robbery at a pharmacy in Cap Pelé. Ouellette says medication and medical supplies were stolen. And then on Saturday, February 13, Sackville RCMP responded to a report of an attempted robbery in Memramcook.
“Shortly after that, Codiac RCMP, in Moncton-Dieppe area, received a report of an armed robbery at a gas station in Dieppe,” says Ouellette. “So that’s when it comes back to 4:30 on that same day, when the Sackville RCMP would have located that vehicle of interest in Sackville.”
The two people in the vehicle have been charged with several offences, and have had two court appearances so far, on February 14 and 17, says Ouellette.
43-year-old Graham Hutchinson of Hillsborough has been charged with three counts of robbery, possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose, dangerous operation of a conveyance, flight from peace officer, resisting arrest and driving while suspended.
He remains in police custody and is due to appear in court on March 9.
32-year-old Sylvie Josée Tremblay of Lakeburn has been charged with three counts of robbery and possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose. She was due to appear in court again on Thursday.
Ouellette says he doesn’t have information to share on the speeds of the vehicles involved in the pursuit, or the crash in downtown Sackville, though those details may be revealed later in the court process.