Missing Alberta inmate and boyfriend arrested in B.C. [Video]

An Alberta inmate who has been missing for weeks and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged in relation to allegations that an inmate was wrongfully released from jail as a result of forged documents.

The inmate, Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, 24, and David Joseph Wood, 27, were apprehended by police this week in the BC interior.

RCMP said on May 27, a patrol officer with Revelstoke RCMP spotted two people walking away from a stolen vehicle in the western BC community and recognized the couple as Hardy and Wood.

Officers contained the area and arrested both suspects. They have since appeared before a justice of the peace and are in custody.

On top of Hardy’s existing outstanding warrants, RCMP said she has been charged with escaping lawful custody. RCMP have charged Wood with assisting escape of prisoner, identify fraud and uttering a forged document.

RCMP said the couple will be brought back …