A 35-year-old man from Heart’s Delight has a long list of charges against him on the docket following a dramatic sequence of events last Friday morning in Carbonear.
RCMP were investigating a reported break-in of a commercial cargo trailer in Small Point on the Conception Bay north shore when they were tipped off to the location of the suspect pickup parked at a home in Carbonear.
When an officer approached the home, the suspect himself pulled away and sped off. The vehicle was located a short time later driving down a dead-end road. The officer pulled onto the road and was struck head-on by the truck.
The driver of that vehicle and another occupant ran from the scene, while the police officer was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment of undetermined injuries.
Suspect vehicle in break and enter flees from Harbour Grace RCMP and collides with another police vehicle, driver apprehended by Police Service Dog Kaos #RCMPNL https://t.co/OWkZ7NQW5i pic.twitter.com/GJ3wSXnuNB
— RCMP Newfoundland and Labrador (@RCMPNL) September 3, 2024
Chad Butt, who was identified as the driver of the pickup, was tracked down by police service dog Kaos in a wooded area behind a home and arrested without incident.
He has been charged with dangerous driving, flight from police, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and resisting arrest.
He remains in custody pending his next court appearance on Sept. 11.
Police say the investigation continues and further arrests and charges are possible.