Kamloops RCMP have charged a man after he allegedly drove dangerously, fled from police and rammed a RCMP cruiser.
Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says Joshua Real Charles Foucault, 30, has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, evading police, assault with a motor vehicle and breach of probation.
Shelkie explains that on Nov. 22, a police officer attempted to pull over a vehicle near Heffley Creek on the Yellowhead Highway.
鈥淭he driver refused to stop and drove recklessly before driving into the passenger side of a police car. The vehicle then sped away,鈥� says Shelkie. 鈥淟ater that day police were able to identify the vehicle and the driver. The next day the vehicle was recovered unoccupied near Barriere鈥�.
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She adds that Foucault was arrested without incident in Barriere on Dec. 4.
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