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After several wild moments of vehicular mayhem, a car thief with more than 80 prior convictions is back behind bars. An Abbotsford Police officer was on patrol just before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday when he heard a commotion coming from a car dealership at Garden Street and South Fraser Way. The officer was surprised to see a man crashing a Pontiac Firefly into several unoccupied cars on the lot of Windmill Auto Sales. The driver was attempting to steal the Pontiac, but bu it was blocked in by other vehicles that he was trying to ram past. The oft VIDEINOE ficer called for backup and attempted ONLws.com to stop the driver, who continued to abbyne smash into parked cars. At one point s he drove at the officer, narrowly missing him. Several other officers arrived, pulled the man out of the vehicle and arrested him. The 31-year-old is back in prison and is facing several charges. Const. Ian MacDonald said eight vehicles were damaged. No one was injured during the “extremely dangerous” incident, he added. The man is from out of province but had been incarcerated in the area and had been released from jail about a week ago. He was on parole for theft of auto, uttering threats and breach. MacDonald said the suspect has more than 80 prior convictions, including for fraud and possession of stolen property. He now faces charges of dangerous driving, assault with a weapon, possession of stolen property, mischief and possession of a break-in instrument.
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Yale secondary rugby star Emily Pollastretti powers through tacklers from Semiahmoo secondary Saturday during the B.C provincial high school girls rugby championship’s AAA bronze medal game in North Vancouver. Yale was one of three schools to claim a provincial medal. For more, see A18.
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