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December 02, 2020 - 1:22 PM
A New Westminster man is facing charges after he attempted to dupe police officers with a fake 9-1-1 call.
Police officers attempted to stop a Toyota Corolla on Highway 1 at Clearbrook Road exit in Abbotsford at around 1:21 a.m. today, Dec. 2, according to an Abbotsford Police Department media release. The car accelerated from police and was last seen at the McCallum Road exit.
Roughly 20 minutes later, the same car was seen leaving a residence in the 1000 block of Ross Road, police said. A spike belt was successfully deployed, and again, the driver fled from police. At 1:56 a.m., the unoccupied vehicle was found a short distance away on Simpson Road.
While police officers were responding to this file, the emergency services dispatch centre received a 9-1-1 report of men with guns in east Abbotsford. Patrol officers responded to this event which was later found to be false.
Officers used the police dog service to locate the suspect. During the search, officers found the vehicle’s keys and the cellular phone made to make the false 9-1-1 call.
A 50-year-old New Westminster man was taken into custody and is facing new charges of flight from police, mischief, public mischief (for making false 9-1-1 call) and breaching his court release order.
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