Rock throwing call on Lower Mainland bridge leads to arrest of Edmonton murder suspect
Posted February 25, 2020 10:18 am.
MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS 1130) – No call is too small. That message is from police in Maple Ridge who say tips from the public about a man throwing rocks at cars on the Golden Ears Bridge ended with the arrest of a murder suspect.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, officers received a number of reports from drivers crossing the bridge, saying a man was tossing rocks and other items at their vehicles.
Callers were able to provide the RCMP with “a succinct description” of the person accused, who was tracked down by officers.
Talking with him, however, wasn’t as easy as you might think. Mounties say the suspect, at one point, jumped the sidewalk barricade and even started walking in the middle of moving traffic.
“Due to heavy traffic volume, and fearing the suspect may be hit by a moving vehicle, Constable Vandelft had to act and ran across three lanes of traffic, pushing the suspect to safety and arresting him for mischief,” Mounties say.
It turns out the man arrested was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant issued out of Edmonton for second degree murder, dating back to 2014.
“This is a tremendous example of how no call is too small,” Inspector Allison Good says in a release. “There was no way for these citizens to know what this man was possibly involved with but, because they took the time to make a police report we now have this alleged murder suspect in custody. You never know what your call to police may result in.”
The man’s is being taken back to Edmonton.
