Charges after woman held hostage at gunpoint: Fort Vermilion RCMP

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A 22-year-old is facing a mountain of charges after a woman was held hostage by an armed man in a northern Alberta home, say Fort Vermilion RCMP.

Fort Vermilion RCMP received the complaint around 6:15 a.m. on April 25 about a man armed with a firearm holding a female against her will inside a residence in the community of John D’or Prairie, about 750 km north of Edmonton.

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Due to potential safety risk, RCMP requested the community of about 1,300 to shelter in place.

RCMP arrived on scene and arrested the man before the shelter in place order was lifted.

Officers later conducted a search warrant at the home.

A number of firearms were seized.

Marty D’or, of John D’or Prairie, is facing charges that include hostage taking, careless use of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, pointing a firearm, uttering threats, assault, possession of a prohibited weapon, use of a firearm while committing an indictable offence, and knowingly possess a prohibited weapon.

D’or was brought before a Justice of the Peace and was subsequently remanded into custody. His next court appearance is set for May 14 at the Alberta Court of Justice in Fort Vermilion.

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