It doesn't pay to run from members of the Stephenville detachment of the Bay St. George RCMP.
On Nov. 5, at approximately 4:45 p.m., RCMP members attended Westbridge House in Stephenville to execute an arrest warrant for an alleged parole violator.
Upon being advised of his arrest, the violator fled on foot, with two RCMP members in pursuit. The violator got into a vehicle parked in a nearby apartment complex. One of the RCMP officers had a hold of the violator through the open door of the vehicle. While attempting to flee in the vehicle, the violator knocked the RCMP member down causing her to become pinned under the open door. She was dragged approximately 15 feet until the vehicle changed direction and sped from the scene.
A short time later the violator's vehicle was located abandoned on Stephenville Dump Rd. The RCMP Police Service Dog, along with PDS attended the scene and gathered a track through a wooded area, and into a water reservoir compound where the violator was again arrested and taken into custody without any further incident.
Along with the parole violation, the violator will be charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, flight from police, and escaping lawful custody. The violator will be appearing in Stephenville Provincial Court todayto answer to the additional charges.
The RCMP member was treated and released from the Stephenville hospital with non life threatening injuries.
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