Update: Police say Hannon has been arrested.
Police are searching for a man who allegedly rammed a police vehicle with a stolen truck in Whiskey Creek, B.C.
An arrest warrant has been issued for 30-year-old Craig James Hannon, who police said is known to steal early-2000 model Ford F-250 and F-350 pickup trucks.
Officers were searching for a stolen white Ford F-350 that fled from police twice in the past few days when they located it about noon on Feb. 12 on a forestry road in Whiskey Creek.
“As the officers approached to investigate, the pickup truck reversed and smashed into the unmarked police vehicle at least six times and fled,” reads a news release from Oceanside RCMP. “The pickup truck, reported stolen out of Saanich on Feb. 6, was quickly located by police, damaged and abandoned on a dead-end road in Whiskey Creek. While police were recovering the pickup truck, police spotted the suspect in the passenger seat of a second vehicle fleeing the area which also failed to stop for police.”
Police said Hannon was driving the stolen truck and have charged him with possession of stolen property, assault and threaten police with a weapon, dangerous driving, flight from police and committing an offence while disguised.
Officers said he frequents southern Vancouver Island, Port Alberni and the Oceanside area, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
RCMP ask anyone who sees him or has information that could help locate him to contact police.
