Friday around 4:45 p.m., Battlefords RCMP Crime Reduction Team Gang Task Force located a truck reported stolen out of Turtleford driving in North Battleford.

It was parked outside an apartment building on 108th Street in North Battleford and police officers attempted to block the truck with a police vehicle to prevent it from driving away. The truck reversed into two other civilian vehicles and the police vehicle then drove forward but, in an attempt, to flee drove through a fence and collided with a tree in the backyard of a property nearby.

The two men inside fled on foot. RCMP officers and Police Dog Services gave chase on foot and both suspects were arrested.

RCMP say they seized a loaded prohibited firearm, an imitation firearm, ammunition, soft body armour and bear spray from the truck. Twenty-six-year-old Dawson Moccasin from Saulteaux First Nation and 22-year-old Kienan Moccasin of Cochin are facing 14 and seven charges respectively, relating to weapons and resist arrest while Dawson Moccasin is also charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and possession of property obtained by crime.

No civilians or police officers were injured in the incident. The two accused are in provincial court Monday.

26-year-old Dawson Moccasin from Saulteaux First Nation is charged with:
– 1 count, possession of a prohibited firearm, section 95(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, section 320.13(1) of the Criminal Code
– 2 counts, mischief over $5,000 – damage to motor vehicle, section 430(3) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, mischief equal to or under $5,000 – damage to motor vehicle, section 430(4) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, section 354(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, resist arrest, section 129(a) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of unauthorized weapon, section 92(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, flight from peace officer, section 320.17 of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of firearm in a motor vehicle, section 94(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, unsafe storage of a firearm, section 86(2) of the Criminal Code
– 2 counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, section 88(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of weapons contrary to order, section 117.01(1) of the Criminal Code

22-year-old Kienan Moccasin from Cochin is charged with:
– 1 count, possession of a prohibited firearm, section 95(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, resist arrest, section 129(a) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of unauthorized weapon, section 92(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, possession of firearm in a motor vehicle, section 94(1) of the Criminal Code
– 1 count, unsafe storage of a firearm, section 86(2) of the Criminal Code
– 2 counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, section 88(1) of the Criminal Code