Police search for Alberta woman wrongfully released from a jail on fake papers

Aaron Sousa · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 22, 2025 9:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

An Alberta pistillate is connected the lam aft Crown prosecutors accidental she was wrongfully released from an Edmonton-area jailhouse past period with allegedly fake merchandise papers.

Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, 24, is charged with respective offences, including possession of stolen property, impaired driving, formation from constabulary and driving without security oregon registration. She was arrested successful March by Red Deer RCMP.

The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service confirmed Wednesday that Hardy was released from custody aft unit astatine the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, astir 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, were shown documents saying her charges were stayed.

They aboriginal learned those papers were fake.

"As soon arsenic ACPS became aware, we responded by seeking a warrant for her arrest. The ACPS has besides referred the alleged usage of fraudulent documents to the RCMP for investigation," said work spokesperson Michelle Davio successful an email.

"The ACPS takes this substance precise earnestly and steps person been taken by each parties to guarantee this cannot hap successful the future."

In an interview, RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said Hardy was released successful precocious April and constabulary were notified days later. He said an Alberta-wide warrant has been issued for Hardy's apprehension and efforts are being made to widen it Canada-wide.

Asked wherefore the nationalist wasn't alerted to her release, helium said she doesn't airs a hazard to nationalist safety.

"She doesn't person a grounds that would show a hazard to the nationalist different than the information that she has warrants for arrest," helium said.

'Not going to drawback me'

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

"So, the government's f---d and I'm an escaped inmate close now," the pistillate says successful 1 video.

"They are not going to drawback maine due to the fact that I'm 1 measurement up of them — excessively accelerated for those piggies to travel aft me."

In different video, she said her fellow was fixed 1 twelvemonth to unrecorded aft being diagnosed with crab and that her merchandise was a "gift from God."

"I was acceptable escaped close erstwhile helium needed maine the most," she said.

Hundreds of societal media users near comments connected the videos encouraging her to crook herself in.

"I'm not moving distant from justness — I'm moving toward life earlier it slips away," she said.

Savinkoff said Hardy's apprehension is inevitable and that she mightiness not beryllium doing herself immoderate favours with her societal media content.

"I person nary uncertainty that the posts that she's making would surely beryllium presented to the courts," helium said.

"It's not precise intelligent to behave similar this ... It's really rather self-destructive."