Chase man arrested, accused of assault, robbery and ramming police car
KELOWNA — A dramatic series of events that police say involved assault, robbery and the ramming of one of their own cruisers in Kelowna tied up the city’s downtown core and led to the arrest of a suspect.
RCMP Const. Jesse O’Donaghey said officers received reports early Friday morning of an assault in a local alleyway, as well as a nearby robbery.
He said officers determined a suspect, who was behaving irrationally, assaulted a man who refused to turn over his car keys.
The suspect then fled on foot and stole a child’s backpack being carried by a father, he said.