SASKATOON – A 37-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested after driving out the city in a stolen vehicle, fleeing at a high rate of speed towards Langham, stealing two more vehicles while abandoning vehicle, and then heads back into the city.
At approximately 8:40 a.m. on Nov. 9, Saskatoon police got a report of an Audi S4 that had been stolen from the area of Circle Drive West and Avenue C North. Nearby officers observed the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed north out of Saskatoon.
Officers on the ground positioned themselves to maintain visual of the fleeing vehicle without engaging it while those in the air monitored its movements.
The vehicle continued at dangerously high rates of speed towards Langham where the suspect abandoned the Audi and stole a Hyundai Tuscon. He then continued east towards Dalmeny and subsequently into Warman where the Hyundai was abandoned and a Dodge Ram 3500 was stolen.
The suspect re-entered Saskatoon from the north in the stolen Dodge before hitting a vehicle at the intersection of 71st Street East and Wanuskewin Road. He then drove through the security gates of the Silverwood Heights Golf Course and continued south through an adjacent park before exiting east onto Adilman Drive and south onto the Meewasin Trail.
Members of the Air Support Unit continued to relay details to officers on the ground as the suspect drove erratically through residential streets and parks. A police vehicle was then used to disable the suspect vehicle on Capilano Court and it came to a stop in the bushes down a nearby embankment.
The suspect fled the damaged vehicle along Spadina Crescent East where, following a struggle with officers, he was arrested.
Throughout the duration of the incident, the suspect drove dangerously on highways and city streets travelling in oncoming lanes of traffic and through parks or ditches with disregard for public safety, say police. Numerous charges are pending in relation.
The suspect sustained a non-life-threatening injury during his arrest. Within the criteria set out in The Police Act, the Saskatoon Police Service notified the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) of the incident. SIRT is investigating.
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