Onion Lake RCMP make arrest with help from police dog

An alleged fugitive was tracked down and arrested in the Onion Lake area Monday, with help from an RCMP police dog.

RCMP responded to a complaint of a suspicious man approaching vehicles on a grid road outside Onion Lake in the afternoon of July 23. When police arrived they found a man near a truck, which they confirmed had been reported as stolen. When officers approached the suspect, RCMP said the man fled into the bush. 

A few hours later, police apprehended the man with help from Police Dog Services and officers from the Turtleford detachment. RCMP identified the suspect as 20-year-old Michael Hill, who was reported as unlawfully at large from a low-security provincial corrections work camp. When he was apprehended, RCMP said Hill sustained minor injuries from a police dog bite and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Hill was charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and driving while prohibited. He remains in custody, RCMP said, and will appear in Onion Lake Provincial Court Aug. 1.