Aronson had been on the run for several days after cutting off his monitoring device while under court order to live at a halfway house in Surrey, B.C.

A violent, high-risk repeat offender who is on the run from a recovery home in Surrey is expected to return to Kelowna, prompting Mounties to issue a warning. John Aronson, who according to court documents once went by the alias Johnny Blaze, has an unendorsed warrant for his arrest for removing his electronic monitoring device...

In court, the judge heard that John Aronson drove an unlicensed, uninsured Buick over the bridge into West Kelowna, sped along the highway and then caused a four-car collision.

RCMP Cpl. Clayton Wiebe said officers made tremendous efforts to ensure Aronson's arrest was executed as safely as possible.