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Man Faces Two Dozen Charges After Crime Wave In Penticton, B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Jan, 2020 09:47 PM

    PENTICTON, B.C. - A man who police say was responsible for a car-jacking crime spree in Penticton, B.C., faces more than a dozen new charges to go with 11 additional allegations laid after his arrest in September.

     

    Police allege 36-year-old Jesse Shawcross flagged down two vehicles on a Penticton street last September and threatened to use a firearm against the drivers before he made off with one the vehicles.

     

    Days later, police say he was believed to have stolen a truck in Oliver, B.C., and his attempted escape through a parking lot damaged numerous parked cars.

     

    He was arrested then, charged with 11 offences and kept in custody.

     

    RCMP say in a news release issued Thursday that an additional 13 charges have been laid against Shawcross, including two counts of robbery with a firearm.

     

    Const. James Grandy says the evidence linking the man to the car-jacking was only recently confirmed and the added charges were laid on Monday.

     

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