Prince George RCMP have arrested a man following a break and enter and lengthy chase in a stolen vehicle.
Shortly before 4 a.m. on Monday Oct. 9, police were notified of a break-and-enter in progress at a business on the 9200-block of Sintich Road.
The suspect was seen on video surveillance inside of a locked compound at that location.
When police officers arrived, the suspect fled in what was later determined to be a vehicle stolen from Prince George near the end of September.
The suspect began veering repeatedly into oncoming traffic and driving along railway tracks and the pedestrian footbridge underneath the Simon Fraser Bridge.
After hitting multiple spike belts deployed by police officers, the suspect abandoned the stolen vehicle near the Red Rock weigh scales and fled on foot, subsequently stealing a quad from a bystander in the area.
He then crashed the quad shortly after and was arrested by police officers. He was transported to the Prince George RCMP detachment and held for court.
The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved the following charges against John Robert Barton Craig:
- Obstruct a police officer
- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
- Flight was pursued by a police officer
- Theft under $5,000
- Assaulting a police officer
- Possession of stolen property over $5000
- Break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence
- Operate a conveyance while prohibited
- Driving while prohibited
Craig was sentenced on one count each of robbery, possessing stolen property, resisting arrest and two firearms-related charges in October 2020 after a July 17, 2019 arrest that forced closure of Highway 97 at Noranda Road.
