Cumberland County District RCMP has charged a man with more than 20 offences after an RCMP police car was reported stolen in New Brunswick and driven into Nova Scotia.
On May 16, at approximately 2:32 p.m., Cumberland County District RCMP and Amherst Police Department (APD) responded to a report by New Brunswick RCMP dispatch that a stolen RCMP police car was entering Nova Scotia.
The movements of the car were being monitored through the car's GPS system by the RCMP operational communications centre (OCC) in New Brunswick. The RCMP OCC in Nova Scotia took over monitoring the vehicle's movements once it entered the province.
APD officers attempted to stop the vehicle on Hwy. 2 in Upper Nappan, but the driver fled towards Amherst Point on the Southampton Rd. APD and RCMP officers pursued the car. Minutes later, officers deployed a spike belt on Southampton Rd., damaging the suspect vehicle.
The suspect entered onto Hwy. 104 westbound as officers followed. At approximately 2:49 p.m., officers safely forced the car off the highway near the Fort Lawrence overpass and took the suspect into custody.
No one was injured during the arrest.
Highway 104 was closed for approximately six hours in support of the operation.
The RCMP police car was stolen on May 16 while an RCMP officer responded to a report of an unwanted person at a hotel in Sackville, New Brunswick.
Kyle Douglas Smith, 37, of Moncton, has been charged in Nova Scotia with:
- Assaulting a Peace Officer with a Weapon
- Assaulting a Peace Officer
- Operation While Prohibited
- Flight from a Peace Officer
- Dangerous Operation
- Operation while Impaired
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
- Failure to Comply with a Release Order
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (two counts)
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Possession of a Firearm Knowing Its Possession is Unauthorized (two counts)
- Unauthorized Possession in Motor Vehicle (two counts)
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
- Possession of Weapon Obtained by Commission of Offence
- Mischief
Smith appeared in Amherst Provincial Court on May 21 and was remanded into custody. He's scheduled to next appear in Amherst Provincial Court on June 16.
Smith is also facing charges in New Brunswick.
The RCMP in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were prepared to issue an alert through the Alert Ready system; the suspect, however, was then apprehended quickly and safely.
File #: 2025-662879