Overview

• On May 27, Revelstoke RCMP arrested 24-year-old Mackenzie Dawn Hardy and 27-year-old David Joseph Wood in British Columbia.
• Wood is charged with assisting in the escape of a prisoner, identity fraud and uttering a forged document for his involvement in the fraudulent release.
• Hardy now faces a new charge of escaping lawful custody alongside earlier counts including possession of stolen property, impaired driving and driving without insurance.
• Alberta Crown prosecutors confirmed that Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre staff were misled by fake papers claiming Hardy’s charges had been stayed, leading to her April 25 release.
• Both suspects remain in B.C. custody pending transfer back to Alberta for court proceedings on multiple fraud and escape-related charges.