Nova Scotia man arrested after two-week crime spree across southwest N.S.
A 29-year-old man faces multiple charges after an alleged two-week crime spree across southwest Nova Scotia, including thefts, hit-and-run, and ramming a police car.
Nova Scotia man arrested after two-week crime spree across southwest N.S.
A 29-year-old man is facing multiple charges following an alleged two-week crime spree across southwestern Nova Scotia, Global News Crime reports.
According to RCMP, the string of offences began on Oct. 20 with a shoplifting incident in Middleton. The suspect fled the scene in a stolen Ford F-150 truck.
Two days later in Yarmouth, he was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run and stole from a local business. Later that same day, police identified him as the driver who had stolen fuel in Digby.
On Nov. 1, Mounties say the man broke into a commercial warehouse in Nictaux and rammed a police vehicle with the stolen F-150 as he fled. Four days later in Berwick, he allegedly stole a second truck from a business, struck another vehicle, then abandoned that truck and resumed fleeing in the original stolen F-150.
On Nov. 7, officers attempted to arrest the man at a property in Lawrencetown, but he escaped on foot into a nearby cornfield.
Police say they recovered and seized the stolen F-150, which had been repainted multiple times in what appeared to be an effort to disguise it.
The suspect was ultimately taken into custody on Monday. He now faces numerous charges, including dangerous operation of a conveyance, possession of property obtained by crime, and flight from police.
Source: Global News Crime