Saskatoon police air unit helps track down man fleeing from stolen vehicle

Patrol officers got a little help from the Saskatoon police air support unit in tracking down a man suspected of fleeing from a stolen vehicle.

Officers first spotted the vehicle, which they believed to have been stolen, in the area of 11th Street West and Lancaster Boulevard at around 2 a.m. CT Monday.

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It was next spotted by another patrol unit in the area of 21st Street  and Avenue W.

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They attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver took off, leading police on a chase.

Police said the vehicle was being driven erratically and running stop signs and signals.

The chase was ended in the area of 33rd Street West and Junor Avenue when the officers in the air support unit (ASU) located the vehicle.

ASU officers watched as the stolen vehicle hit a parked car. The driver then fled on foot.

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Patrol officers were able to track him down and he was arrested in the backyard of a home in the 10-block of Maxwell Crescent.

The 24-year-old man is now facing charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop for police, possession of a stolen vehicle, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and breach of undertaking.

He is scheduled to appear Monday afternoon in Saskatoon provincial court.