Four arrested following ‘dangerous incidents involving stolen vehicles’ in Moncton area

An RCMP vehicle is pictured. (CTV Atlantic / Melanie Price)

Three teens and a 20-year-old man have been arrested following “dangerous incidents involving stolen vehicles” in the Moncton area.

RCMP officers responded to a report late Tuesday afternoon that two vehicles located in a Salisbury business parking lot may have been stolen.

“As police approached with their emergency equipment activated, both vehicles fled at a high rate of speed towards the Homestead Road. Shortly after, one of the vehicles was disabled on Route 126,” said Cpl. Marc Belliveau, in a news release from the New Brunswick RCMP.

Police say the driver, a 20-year-old Moncton man, and the passenger, a 16-year-old girl from Riverside-Albert, were arrested.

The second vehicle continued fleeing but was intercepted on Catamount Road in Indian Mountain, according to the RCMP.

The driver, a 17-year-old boy from Moncton, and the passenger, a 17-year-old girl from Moncton, were arrested.

The 16-year-old girl from Riverside-Albert was released and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

The two Moncton teens and the 20-year-old man all appeared in Moncton provincial court Wednesday.

Nathaniel Beatty-Gratto, 20, was charged with:

• possession of property obtained by crime
• dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• flight from a peace officer
• resisting a peace officer
• failure to comply with a probation order

He was released from custody and is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 5.

The 17-year-old boy was charged with:

• possession of property obtained by crime
• dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• flight from police
• possession of weapons contrary to order
• failure to comply with conditions of a previous release order

He was released from custody and is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 6.

The 17-year-old girl was charged with:

• possession of property obtained by crime
• theft of a vehicle
• resisting a peace officer
• failure to comply with conditions of previous release orders

She was released from custody and will return to court on Aug. 1.

Police ask anyone who lives in, or happened to be in the area, and has security or dash camera footage from the time of the incident to call Codiac Regional RCMP at 506-857-2400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

The investigation is ongoing.

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