KAMLOOPS — The two people charged after a lengthy crime spree that ended in Merritt last week made a brief court appearance yesterday.
Cory Battilana and Samantha Vleeming face a series of charges, including Assault with a Weapon and Assault Causing Bodily Harm.
Merritt RCMP say a man picked up a couple stranded on Highway 97C Thursday morning.
The couple then led the Good Samaritan to a rural location near Merritt, where they tried to take the man’s car, beating him up in the process.
The carjacking wasn’t successful and the couple fled on foot to a nearby ranch, where the rancher called them a cab to the Road Runner Motel in Merritt.
That’s where officers arrested the woman and after a five-hour standoff took the man into custody.
Vleeming has a bail hearing scheduled for December 10th, with Battilana’s hearing set for December 14th.
