The suspect allegedly involved in a fatal crash outside of Hope, B.C. that claimed the life of a 35-year-old mother of four is in police custody.
BC RCMP Traffic Services said the suspect was taken in on an “unrelated matter.”
Mounties spotted a man named Anthony Creed Cortez driving a stolen motorcycle on the Trans-Canada Highway on Wednesday at around 9:45 a.m.
Police set up a road check, but Cortez evaded them. They later found the motorcycle abandoned in Albert Canyon and arrested Cortez as he allegedly tried to break into a resort cabin.
The arrest came nine days after Danielle Charlton, who was also known as “Deedee” to friends and family, was a passenger in an SUV that collided with a maintenance truck about 10 kilometres east of Hope on Sept. 11.
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According to Mounties, the SUV was believed to be travelling southbound before colliding with the truck. Charlton died as a result of the crash.
As bystanders tried to save Charlton, the person driving the SUV allegedly stole a vehicle belonging to a Good Samaritan who had stopped to help and fled the scene.
Cortez has not been charged in relation to that crash.
He faces several charges in Revelstoke, including assaulting a police officer, obstructing a police officer, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and possession of stolen property over $5,000.
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Charlton’s family remembers her as an artist, wife and mother who was tragically torn between two lives.
~ with files from Amy Judd, Jon Azpiri and John Hua