A preliminary hearing has been set for December for a man who is accused of ramming police cars with his heavy-duty pickup in a bid to evade capture during a takedown last month.
Two Mounties were injured in the Feb. 1 incident at a metal recycling business in Edgar Industrial Park.
Police had tracked a suspect wanted on a Canada-wide warrant to the business and were trying to make an arrest when the suspect allegedly tried to flee by driving his truck through a closed door at the recycling plant and then slamming into police cars.
Richard Allan Parkhurst, 48, faces numerous charges, including two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm; two counts of mischief relating to allegations of damage to plant property and three police cars; possession of property acquired by a criminal offence, including a one-ton pickup, copper wire and metal road signs; resisting arrest, being unlawfully at large, and operating a motor vehicle while disqualified.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 6 to 11 in Red Deer provincial court.