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Crime

Police dog helps RCMP track repeat offender

Dec 17, 2024 | 11:00 AM

QUESNEL — Quesnel RCMP, with the help of a police dog, tracked down a repeat offender south of Quesnel Monday (Dec.16).

It all started when Quesnel Mounties received a report of a stolen vehicle at 4:44 p.m.. Police located the stolen vehicle about 45 minutes later in the Quesnel Wal-Mart parking lot with the driver inside.

“Police attempted to apprehend the driver who then accelerated forward, striking the police vehicle and fleeing at a high rate of speed through a crowded parking lot,” says Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch.

“The vehicle was later reported to have gone off the road in Kersley and the driver had fled on foot. Police Dog Services out of Prince George attended and conducted a lengthy track of the suspect. The suspect was located, barricaded in a shed. The 30-year-old man was taken into custody after a brief struggle.”

RCMP say the suspect is well known to police and note he was recently released on conditions for a similar offence that required electronic monitoring but was found to be breaching his conditions as he removed his ankle monitor shortly after being released.

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Quesnel RCMP are looking to talk to anyone that may have witnessed or has video or dash cam footage from the interaction in the Wal-Mart parking lot to contact them at 250-992-9211.