Alberta woman wrongfully released from jail on fake papers arrested in B.C.

CBC News

· Posted: May 29, 2025 2:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

An Alberta pistillate on the lam for much than a period aft being wrongfully released from an Edmonton-area jailhouse has been arrested by B.C. RCMP.

Alberta RCMP said successful a quality merchandise that 24-year-old Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, arsenic good arsenic alleged accomplice, 27-year-old David Joseph Wood, had been arrested successful Revelstoke, B.C., connected Thursday.

Hardy had been charged with respective offences, including possession of stolen property, impaired driving, formation from constabulary and driving without security oregon registration and was arrested successful March by Red Deer RCMP.

The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service said earlier this month that Hardy was released after unit astatine the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, astir 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, were shown documents saying her charges were stayed — but those papers were false.

According to the quality release, Red Deer RCMP determined that Wood conspired with Hardy and assisted with the fraudulent release. An apprehension warrant was issued for Wood past week.

The brace were arrested aft a patrol serviceman with Revelstoke RCMP observed 2 individuals recognized arsenic Hardy and Wood walking distant from a stolen vehicle, constabulary said.

In summation to Hardy's outstanding warrants, she has additionally been charged with escaping lawful custody, constabulary said.

Wood has been charged with assisting the flight of a prisoner, individuality fraud and uttering a forged document.

A pistillate who identifies herself arsenic Hardy posted videos connected the societal media level TikTok, wherever she taunts instrumentality enforcement and denied that the papers were fake.

"As she was 'on the lam', she was rather progressive connected societal media platforms, being precise vocal about however she was retired and moving from the law," said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Troy Savinkoff in an interview.

Savinkoff said it was important for RCMP to apprehension Hardy successful a timely fashion.

"It's truly not advisable erstwhile you're retired moving from the instrumentality to fundamentally taunt police," helium said. 

Both Hardy and Wood person been taken earlier a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody, constabulary said.

They volition beryllium taken backmost to Alberta wherever they volition be brought earlier the courts regarding aboriginal tribunal dates.