Summerside, P.E.I., police arrest 3 people after recovering stolen vehicle

A Summerside Police Services cruiser. (Source: Summerside Police Services/Facebook)

Summerside, P.E.I., police have arrested three people and are looking for a fourth suspect after recovering a stolen vehicle early Friday morning.

Officers on patrol learned a vehicle – which was reported stolen in the Charlottetown area – was seen on Central Street around 3:45 a.m. They found it in a Jennifer Street parking lot, according to a Summerside Police Service news release.

As an officer approached the vehicle, a 26-year-old Summerside man allegedly fled the scene on foot. Police say he will face possession of stolen property charges after he is arrested.

“The driver of the vehicle then also tried to flee,” the release reads. “The officer on-scene pursued into a wooded area where the suspect, a 36-year-old Kings County man, had tried to escape. During the course of the escape attempt, the man assaulted the officer.”

Police used a drone to find the man in the woods and arrest him. He will face charges of possession of stolen property, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

Two other people in the vehicle – a 36-year-old Charlottetown woman and a 52-year-old Summerside man – were arrested at the scene and will face possession of stolen property charges.

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