Attributable to Senior Sergeant Sam Gilpin:
A man has been remanded in custody following an incident in Shannon on Wednesday morning that involved a crashed car, a fleeing driver, and two stolen Holdens.
Just after 5am on 12 February, Horowhenua Police responded to reports of a crash in Shannon, involving a truck and a stolen Holden.
While conducting patrols for the Holden¡¯s driver, who had fled the scene, another stolen Holden was seen on Stafford Street and refused to stop for Police.
The second Holden was pursued a short distance before the driver fled on foot along Roach Avenue and through several properties, to an address on Stout Street. During this, the driver allegedly discarded a firearm on the street, which was later found by a member of the public.
At Stout Street, the driver entered a sleepout, at which point the Armed Offenders Squad was deployed. Police on scene negotiated with the man, who eventually came out of the sleepout and was arrested without incident around 7:30am.
A 35-year-old man appeared in the Levin District Court on Thursday 13 March, charged with:
- Unlawful taking of a motor vehicle x2
- Failing to stop for Police
- Driving in a dangerous manner
- Driving while disqualified
- Unlawfully in a building x2
- Unlawful possession of a firearm
- Unlawful possession of ammunition
- Possession of methamphetamine
- Possession of methamphetamine utensils
- Assault on a person in a family relationship
He has been remanded in custody, to reappear on 7 May.
ENDS
Issued by Police Media Centre