By CKPG Today

Crime

Multiple vehicle thefts result in 2 weekend arrests

Jan 21, 2025 | 8:31 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — Two men were arrested following the theft of vehicles from the BCR site over the weekend.

Just after 6 a.m. on Saturday (Jan.18), RCMP learned that three vehicles and a trailer were stolen from a compound on the 8900-block of Milwaukee Way. The stolen vehicles included a Ford F350, a Toyota Tercel, a Ford F250 and a flat deck tri-axle trailer.

Mounties say the Tercel was located on the 9500-block of Sintich Road on Sunday, January 19, just after 2 p.m.

“Responding police officers attempted a traffic stop with the car, however it fled from police, striking an unoccupied police vehicle as it sped away,” says Cpl. Jennifer Cooper.

“Police officers successfully deployed a spike belt that disabled the front tires of the vehicle near the intersection of Old Cariboo Highway and Highway 16 East. The suspected continued to drive the car on flat tires until he reached the intersection of Irwin Street and Fourth Avenue, where he collided with a snow bank. The driver was arrested by police officers and held in-custody until he could attend court. The driver is known to police and at the time had one outstanding warrant for his arrest.”

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Cooper says later that same day, shortly before 6 p.m., officers located the F350 driving southbound through the Buckhorn area on Highway 97. Spike belts were deployed successfully twice on the vehicle, though the driver continued driving on the popped tires through the Buckhorn and Red Rock areas before colliding with a ditch where the driver then fled on foot. She says a police service dog team helped locate the suspect who police recognized from previous interactions. He had four outstanding warrants.

Cooper says no one was injured during these investigations adding police are still looking for the red 1993 Ford F350 and the 2024 black Southland flat deck trailer.

If you have any information, call police.