Arrest made in carjacking incident
A woman believed responsible for a carjacking last week has been arrested and charged.
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at approximately 10 a.m., a woman and her passenger were in a RAV4 in the Marlborough Mall parking lot, located at 3800 Memorial Drive N.E., when a woman approached the car. The woman showed the driver a gun and demanded she get out of the vehicle. The driver exited the vehicle and the woman took off with the passenger still in the car.
At approximately 10:25 a.m., the passenger, who suffers from a medical condition, was located in the 5000 block of Marbank Drive N.E. EMS was called in to assess both the driver and the passenger. Neither victim was injured.
Around 12:15 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015, the stolen RAV4 was involved in a non-injury collision in the 1400 block of Memorial Drive N.W. A brief foot chase ensued and both the female driver and a male passenger were taken into custody. A pellet gun was located within the vehicle.
Crystie Dawn TURBUCK, 32, of Calgary, is charged with:
- two counts of robbery roll job
- theft of a motor vehicle
- theft under $5,000
- two counts of pointing a firearm
- kidnapping
- assault
- possession of a weapon or imitation for a dangerous purpose
- possession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order
TURBUCK has four outstanding criminal code warrants. She has been remanded into custody and will appear in court on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.