32 Year Old Goes On Rampage
By 250 News
Prince George- A 32 year old man with 46 previous criminal code convictions, has been charged with five thefts and damage to vehicles, along with resisting arrest and assaulting several police officers.
The whole thing started Friday at 10:30 pm when police responded to a man breaking into five vehicles in a restaurant parking lot downtown.
Two police officers attempted to arrest the man after they discovered him walking, with what they believed to be stolen property. The two policemen had to call for back up, and a third, and a fourth officer, were called in to subdue the man. Police say he was high on drugs.
He claimed following the take down that he needed medical attention , so he was taken to University Hospital. There he attempted to escape and another police officer and an ambulance attendant attempted to bring him under control. He eventually was tazered in order to bring him under control. In the process of trying to escape the man knocked a wheel -chair bound patient to the floor in the emergency room.
More charges of escape, resisting arrest and assault of a police officer are expected.
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