Man hit police vehicle while trying to flee: N.B. RCMP
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A 26-year-old man is facing several charges after he allegedly hit a police vehicle while trying to flee officers in Nackawic, N.B., on April 8.
According to an RCMP news release, Woodstock Police Force officers tried to stop a stolen pickup truck, but it used Route 105 to flee into an RCMP jurisdiction. Officers eventually found the vehicle in Nackawic.
The driver allegedly tried to flee and hit a police vehicle before running into a residential area. Police dog services found and arrested the man while officers searched the vehicle and discovered methamphetamine, a prohibited weapon, and several stolen items.
Kyle Stairs, from Temperance Vale, was charged with:
- possession of property obtained by crime
- mischief
- unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
- resisting and obstructing a police officer
- failing to comply with a probation order
- possession of a weapon contrary to an order
- possession of a controlled substance
Stairs was remanded into custody and he is scheduled to return to court at a future date.
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