Man accused of crashing stolen vehicle into car dealership pleads not guilty

By Peggy Revell on March 2, 2018.

Medicine Hat News

Not-guilty pleas were entered Thursday by a 27-year-old Red Deer man alleged to have crashed a stolen vehicle through a local car dealership early New Year’s morning.

Robert Handy will head to trial April 13, while he remains in custody at the Medicine Hat Remand Centre as he has not yet been able to pay the $2,500 required for him to be released on bail.

Medicine Hat police report that on Jan. 1, they responded to Davis GMC Buick on the Trans-Canada Way, for a reported break and enter, as a vehicle stolen from a Ross Glen residence had been driven through the doors of the business. Later that morning, police unsuccessfully attempted to perform a traffic stop on a truck being driven erratically.

Police observed the same vehicle later that same morning, and successfully pursued and arrested the driver, which then led them connecting the driver to the car dealership incident.

Handy is charged with break and enter, theft, two counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000, dangerous driving, three counts of breaching his probation, resisting arrest, possession of stolen property under $5,000, and possessing break and enter tools.

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