After a month on the lam, a man who escaped from a minimum-security facility in Edmonton on May 30 was recaptured by RCMP near St. Paul Alberta yesterday.
Kalum Auger, who was serving time for manslaughter at the Stan Daniels Healing Centre in Edmonton prior to his escape, was apprehended by the St. Paul RCMP detachment on July 4, Correctional Services of Canada (CSC) said in a statement.
Auger was arrested following a vehicle chase and faces several additional charges.
Around noon on July 4, RCMP received a report from Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) auto theft response team that they had located a suspicious vehicle in Beaver County, said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff, Alberta RCMP public information officer.
“We sent a police car over to stop the vehicle. After an initial stop was attempted, the vehicle fled the area,” Savinkoff said.
Additional RCMP units from Tofield, Fort Saskatchewan, and Strathcona County, along with EPS's Air One helicopter, were dispatched. Eventually police used a tire deflation spike strip to stop the vehicle, at which point the driver ran from police on foot.
“The lone occupant fled and actually went and ran into a local farmyard where he attempted to steal another vehicle, but ultimately was apprehended by RCMP officers that were at that point chasing him on foot,” Savinkoff said.
Auger was caught at around 2:30 p.m., according to CSC.
Kalum Auger was the only occupant of the stolen vehicle. He is being charged with flight from a peace officer, carrying a concealed weapon, three counts of illegal possession of government documents, possession of a controlled substance, and operating a motor vehicle while prohibited from doing so.
Savinkoff said he did not know what the government documents in Auger’s possession were.
There is no other information available on how Auger was able to escape from the Stan Daniels Healing Centre on May 30, or his whereabouts during the month he was at large.
The healing centre is minimum-security facility located at the Grierson Institution prison in Edmonton and operated by Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA).
“The Correctional Service of Canada and NCSA are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident,” a spokesperson for CSC said in a statement.
