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A 40-year-old man is facing charges after an alleged crime spree on Friday that included stealing a delivery driver’s vehicle and robbing a White City business.
According to police, officers were called to East Truesdale Drive at around 7:30 p.m. after getting a report that a van had driven over a resident’s front lawn and smashed into a fence. Police said the caller reported that the driver of the fled on foot after the crash.
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“Just as officers were responding to this call, a second call came in from Spicer Place, roughly one block away,” the Regina Police Service said in a statement. “The caller, a delivery driver, told police that their vehicle, which had been left running, had been stolen while they made a delivery at a residence.”
Police said the man drove the stolen vehicle to White City, “where he robbed a local business and attempted to steal someone’s car while they were inside it.”
After the attempted carjacking was unsuccessful, police said the man made his way back into Regina. Police said reports came in about a dangerous driver near McDonald and Park streets just before 9 p.m., and officers used a plane to keep an eye on the man from above.
“Officers observed him driving erratically and swerving all over the road,” police said. “A short time later, the driver collided with a vehicle in the area of Douglas Avenue and Douglas Crescent.”
The driver was quickly taken into custody, police said, and he was treated by paramedics for minor injuries.
“A search of the of the van involved in the original call for service turned up various quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and evidence of drug trafficking,” police noted.
The 40-year-old man is now facing charges including possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous driving, impaired driving, motor vehicle theft and possession of stolen property under $5,000.
He made his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on Friday morning, police said.
