CARLYLE – It didn't take long for a Kenosee Lake man to plead guilty to charges in connection with a pursuit that occurred in the southeast during the Labour Day long weekend.
Ashton Retieffe, 19, entered the pleas Sept. 4 in Provincial Court in Carlyle, and received an 18-month suspended sentence. Six other charges were stayed.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to stop for a police officer, and one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle and possession of property obtained by crime less than $5,000.
The stayed charges included dangerous operation of a vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, resisting arrest and failing to comply with a release order.
BACKGROUND: According to a news release, the Carlyle RCMP received a report on Aug. 31 of an erratic driver leaving the Kenosee Lake area and travelling towards Carlyle.
Officers responded and located the suspect vehicle travelling northbound on Highway 9 towards Kenosee Lake at what the RCMP described as an extremely high speed.
"As a result of continued investigation, a tire deflation device was set up on Lake View Street in Kenosee Lake, and the suspect vehicle ran over it. All four tires of the suspect vehicle were deflated, slowing the vehicle significantly, as it continued to flee from police," the Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release.
"Given the safety risk, officers engaged their emergency equipment and followed the vehicle at a low rate of speed in Kenosee Lake. Shortly after, the suspect vehicle came to a dead end on the road and stopped. An adult male was arrested at the scene.
Further investigation determined the license plate on the suspect vehicle was stolen out of Alberta.
Retieffe appeared in Provincial Court in Weyburn on Sept. 3. He was slated to have a bail hearing in Carlyle on Sept. 4 when he pleaded guilty.
