Police dog helps RCMP track repeat offender
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.”