A man and a woman were handed sentences on a litany of charges including multi-vehicle joyrides that saw speeds approaching 200km/h in and out of St. Albert.
The sentences, handed down by Justice L.K. Harris in Court of King's Bench, were the result of complex plea deals, with numerous charges dismissed and files combined for global sentencing.
On Dec. 21, 2020, St. Albert RCMP and Edmonton Police Service chopper Air One gave chase in a two-hour spree that saw suspects changing vehicles, starting with an Oldsmobile Alero, then moving to a Dodge Ram Truck.
A search of the Ram truck revealed about $10,000 in cash, a loaded 9mm handgun with the serial number filed off, and 40 rounds of ammunition. There were three stolen plates and a small quantity of what was believed to be methamphetamine.
Mitchell Vernon Elmore, 38, pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen Dodge Ram worth over $5,000, knowing it was obtained by an indictable offence, possessing a firearm he didn’t hold a licence to, and failing to comply with probation orders.
He was given a global sentence of nine months, time served. An additional 14 counts were withdrawn.
Elmore’s exhibits were forfeited to the Crown, and $10,670 was returned to his counsel Walter Raponi.
His probation orders specifically ordered him not to possess firearms, not to operate a motor vehicle, not to be in a car, to abide by a curfew, and to keep the peace.
It wasn’t Elmore’s first rodeo. In 2019 he was sentenced to over five years in prison for leading a strangely similar high-speed game of cat-and-mouse with Whitecourt RCMP.
Elmore’s crimes in the September 2015 incident ranged from possessing a stolen licence plate to leaving the scene of an accident. He rammed an RCMP vehicle during the chase, and drove on the wrong side of a divided highway, dodging oncoming vehicles at high speeds.
He was convicted of possession for purpose of trafficking after almost 900 fentanyl pills and some methamphetamine were found in the vehicle.
Earlier in 2015, Elmore led Grande Prairie RCMP officers in another high-speed chase, in which he damaged another police vehicle.
63 months for Actimichuk
St. Albert resident Amy Alana Actimichuk was found to be the driver of the Alero.
According to court records, in the Dec. 21, 2020 incident, Actimichuk was indicted in the incident for operating a car while prohibited from doing so, and in a manner dangerous to the public. That earned her six months imprisonment Friday, when Actimichuk also pleaded guilty to 15 separate counts stemming from five incidents between December 2020 and November 2022.
On April 23, 2021 Actimichuk fraudulently impersonated another woman to obtain a vehicle, for which she received 12 months imprisonment.
On May 31, 2021, she operated a vehicle while prohibited, and also operated a vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public. That earned her six months behind bars.
On May 17, 2022, she was operating a car while prohibited from doing so, and when chased by a peace officer, she failed to stop. She also failed to comply with release terms and abide by her curfew. That earned her another six-month sentence.
On Nov. 18, 2022, she possessed methamphetamine for purpose of trafficking. She violated a release order to not possess unprescribed controlled substances that would be prescribed only by doctor or dentist. On that day, she also possessed identity documents that related or purported to relate to various other persons. She also had in her possession identity documents, credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, retail membership cards, cheques, commissioner of oaths and notary public stamps and seals of a value not exceeding $5,000. For that spree, she was given a global sentence of 63 months, less 355 days for time served.
Actimichuk is prohibited from driving for five years, she has a weapons prohibition for life, and she’s under a DNA registry order.
