An Edmonton man was sentenced Thursday to 162 days in jail for trying to flee police in a stolen pickup truck.
Sentenced in Prince George provincial court, John Robert Craig, 31, must also serve one year probation for the November 8 incident.
According to an RCMP press release issued at the time, it began at about 3:15 a.m. on Quince Street, where a general duty member attempted to pull over a Ford F350, one of the most-commonly stolen vehicles in Prince George.
The driver took off and police did not pursue in the name of public safety.
But just before 4 a.m., the same truck was seen on Ospika Boulevard near Forest Avenue and, upon seeing police, the driver took off once again, driving at a high speed in the wrong lane against oncoming traffic and swerving towards fully-marked police vehicles.
It was seen several more times going through the city's core before it was found about 40 minutes later abandoned in an alley between Victoria Street and Quince Street.
Craig was sentenced on one count each of possession of stolen property and dangerous driving. He had remained in custody since his arrest - a total of 71 days.
