A 40-year-old Dartmouth man is in police custody after an alleged break-and-enter and hit-and-run in the Burnside Industrial Park overnight.
Police say they were called at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday to an accident at Burnside Drive and Wright Avenue in Dartmouth. The vehicle that had allegedly left the scene was spotted “moments later” — with extensive front-end damage — on Wright Avenue by police.
According to police, they tried to stop the vehicle, but it fled at a high rate of speed. Officers later found the vehicle at a residence on Novawood Drive in Dartmouth and the driver was arrested.
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At around the same time as the alleged hit-and-run, police also responded to a commercial alarm at a business on Ilsley Avenue in Burnside.
At the same time police responded to an alarm call around 11:09 pm Where they determined a break & enter had occurred at a business along Ilsley Ave in #Dartmouth pic.twitter.com/vI0aZDSugi
— Jesse Thomas (@JesseThomasCTV) April 10, 2019
Officers who arrived at that scene found a broken window and said a break-and-enter had taken place.
Police allege the driver of the hit-and-run vehicle was also involved in the break-and-enter.
The man remains in custody as of Wednesday morning, and charges are pending.
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