Grunthal man sentenced for fleeing and ramming police with loaded rifle in stolen car
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Kyle Enns, 31, received a 408-day sentence for fleeing RCMP and ramming a stolen car head-on into a police vehicle while having a loaded shotgun.
The sentence was handed out in Steinbach court Feb. 21 and is followed by one year of supervised probation, a one-year driving prohibition, and a 10-year weapon prohibition. Enns was also ordered to pay Manitoba Public Insurance $17,640 in restitution because both vehicles were written off.
Enns had already pleaded guilty in September to charges of assaulting a peace officer, flight from a peace officer, and unauthorized possession of a 22-calibre rifle and imitation handgun. Other charges including possessing a stolen car were dropped as part of the plea deal.
On the night of Dec. 29 shortly before midnight, Steinbach RCMP were called about a guy passed out in a Lincoln MKX SUV crossover in Mitchell on Highway 52. Police checked the license plate given and found it was reported stolen.
They were updated an hour later that the vehicle was on Road 19N about two miles east of Provincial Road 216 in the RM of De Salaberry. St Pierre and Steinbach RCMP set up spike belts on either end of the road in case Enns tried to flee.
Police approached with emergency lights on. Enns drove westbound towards Provincial Road 216 and Highway 59, speeding up to 105 km/h according to radar in one police vehicle.
Officers tried to force Enns towards the ditch but he drove around the first vehicle which missed an attempted side swipe on the icy road. Enns kept driving until he crashed head-on with an RCMP SUV, sending the Lincoln into the ditch.
Both Enns and the officer were taken to Bethesda hospital in Steinbach with cuts and soreness. Cannabis was found in the stolen vehicle along with the gun and imitation handgun.
Enns was kept in custody until July 8, 2024 with an absolute curfew that had an exception to go to Bruce Oake Recovery Centre for drug addiction treatment.
Enns was serving a conditional sentence that included a curfew and order to abstain from drugs or alcohol when he rammed the police vehicle. His criminal record includes an impaired driving conviction.
“But for the drugs, he would be a successful individual,” defence attorney Tony Kavanagh told Judge David Ireland.
He also said Enns did not remember how the gun got there.
Kavanagh then said Enns preferred a jail sentence so he could get addictions programming at Winding River, to be followed by more counselling at Bruce Oake.