CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A 29-year-old Pleasant Grove man faces a number of charges after police responded to an alleged stabbing in Charlottetown on Saturday.
On Sept. 5 at 10:40 a.m., Charlottetown Police Service responded to a 911 call alleging that a male had been stabbed at Wash World on North River Road and the assailant had stolen a vehicle to flee from the scene.
The victim of the stabbing, a 21-year-old Charlottetown man, received minor, non life-threatening injuries after he became involved in a struggle with the assailant who attempted to steal his vehicle.
The victim was able to fend off the assailant who then turned his attention to a second victim, a 61-year-old Charlottetown man.
The assailant, who was still brandishing the knife, threatened the second victim prior to the assailant stealing his vehicle – a 2013 brown Ford Escape.
Shortly after 3 p.m., police were alerted through the license plate recognition system that the stolen motor vehicle was in the downtown area.
Police patrols located the vehicle being driven east on Kent Street crossing Queen Street.
Police attempted to stop the stolen vehicle on Kent Street, but the driver refused to stop and fled from police.
Officers pursued the stolen vehicle throughout several city streets in efforts to stop and arrest the assailant. They terminated the pursuit on Route #2 in Winsloe, as the risk to public safety became too great due to the assailant’s driving behaviour.
All Island police agencies were advised of the incident and provided a description of the stolen vehicle. Shortly after 4 p.m., Queens district RCMP, with the assistance of the Kensington Police Service, encountered the stolen vehicle in Kensington, and after a brief pursuit, were successful in stopping the vehicle.
As a result of this incident, the Pleasant Grove man was charged with:
- attempted robbery with an offensive weapon,
- robbery with an offensive weapon,
- assault with a weapon,
- flight from police,
- dangerous operation of a motor vehicle,
- fail to comply with a probation order and
- possession of methamphetamine.
The man remains in custody at the Provincial Correctional Center and will be brought before the courts on Tuesday.
The injured victim in this incident was treated and released from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The accused is not known to either of the victims in this incident which appears to have been random.
