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Carjacker high on meth turns himself in to police

The suspect turned himself in at this police station. Google Maps

A Winnipeg man is behind bars after a carjacking early Tuesday morning.

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Winnipeg police said the victim, a 65-year-old woman, was stopped at a red light near Burrows Avenue and McPhillips Street around midnight, when a man got into the passenger seat, pulled a knife, and told her to drive.

The suspect then asked the victim to drop him off at the corner of Aikins Street and Hartford Avenue – right next to the North District police station.

The suspect approached police and told them he was on meth and wanted to go to the Main Street Project.

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The man was detained and taken to Health Sciences Centre, where police learned he was a suspect in the carjacking and arrested him.

Lance William Laquette, 33, faces charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

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