Man arrested in Nanaimo, B.C., for alleged machete crime spree
NANAIMO, B.C. — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they’ve arrested a man who was armed with a machete during an alleged crime spree that included a series of break-ins, chasing and attacking residents and stealing a car from a driveway.
Nanaimo RCMP say the attacks happened on Monday afternoon, when police began receiving calls about a man using a machete to break into homes.
They say the owner of one home fled, while residents of another chased the suspect away, before he ran to a third property and attacked and injured a man in the driveway.
Police say after chasing the man and his wife, he stole their car and drove off, triggering “a flurry of reports” about the speeding vehicle, which at one point “flew through the air” after clipping the cement median on a highway.