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Manitoba RCMP use On-Star to find kidnapping suspect

Mounties in Thompson say a stolen vehicle's On-Star feature helped them track down a kidnapping suspect. File / Global News

A man is facing charges of kidnapping, theft and robbery after police say someone stole a running vehicle with a teen girl inside in Thompson.

Mounties say the incident happened around 3:00 Friday afternoon, when the suspect hopped into the vehicle, which was parked in front of a business on Selkirk Avenue, and took off.

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They allegedly drove a short distance before dropping the 14-year-old girl off on the side of the road. Police say she was was uninjured.

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RCMP used the vehicle’s On-Star feature to track the vehicle to an apartment building on Laval Place in Thompson.

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Assisted by the K9 unit, officers searched the building before spotting a man trying to jump from a window.

Troy Jack Cameron McIvor, 34, of Thompson was arrested without incident.

He was scheduled to appear in court today.

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