A woman was sentenced Thursday to five years in jail for her role in a multi-city property crime spree that ended in Prince George.
Stephanie Rene Deschene, 25, was issued the term in Prince George provincial court on two counts of break and enter and commit indictable offence and one count of flight from a peace officer.
Deschene was also sentenced to concurrent terms of three years for possessing a stolen weapon and possession of a firearm contrary to an order and to two years for possession of stolen property over $5,000 and three counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000.
Deschene was also prohibited from driving for three years for flight from a peace officer and assessed $2,000 in victim surcharges.
The case against co-accused Kelsey Alexander Allard, 33, remains before the court.
Allard was arrested Sept. 8 and Deschene the following day after RCMP were called to a Vista View Road home in College Heights where, according to police, a homeowner came across an SUV backed into his driveway and his belongings being loaded in. The suspects fled, narrowly missing his own vehicle.
About two hours later, RCMP received a second report of a break and enter, this time at a Haldi Road home. An alarmed was triggered before entry was gained.
Then, just after noon, RCMP were called to a report of licence plates stolen earlier in the day from a vehicle parked at College Heights Secondary School.
At about 12:45 p.m., an RCMP member spotted the suspect SUV with the stolen licence plates near Kimball Road on the city's west side. When the officer tried to pull the vehicle over, the SUV took off, nearly ramming the police cruiser, and then heading west on Highway 16 at a high rate of speed.
In the name of public safety, the officer called off the pursuit after a short chase.
Then, at 5 p.m., a report of a suspicious vehicle on Leland Road, west of the city, was reported to RCMP. Police arrived to fined the vehicle unoccupied but full of items allegedly stolen in both Prince George and Kamloops.
By then, RCMP had also determined the SUV had been stolen in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
The investigation then led officers to a business near the corner of 15th Avenue and Highway 97, where Allard was found.
Police said Allard initially gave officers a false name and was found in possession of items stolen in Prince George, Kamloops and Grande Prairie.
Deschene was located the next evening, also in possession of stolen property and with a Canada-wide warrant for being unlawfully at large hanging over her head, according to RCMP.
At one point, the two each faced nearly 70 charges but the number was subsequently pared back. Allard continues to face two dozen charges and remains in custody.
