SASKATOON — A 44-year-old man has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving and theft of a motor vehicle after a City of Saskatoon truck was stolen and driven outside the city on Monday.
The truck was reported stolen from the area of 36th Street East and Ontario Avenue at 2:25 p.m.
Saskatoon Police officers tracked the vehicle travelling westbound outside city limits on Beam Road. Members of the SPS Air Support Unit began to monitor the truck as it eventually stopped in the area of Beam Road and Range Road 3070 where the driver exited the truck and began to run away.
ASU monitored the suspect as he was observed on foot attempting to enter a house, however, he was not successful. ASU directed ground units to the suspects location where he was arrested without further incident.
As the truck had left city limits, members of the Saskatchewan RCMP, Corman Park Police Service and the RM of Vanscoy Police Service also assisted in this investigation.
