CFNR Network
Mar 12, 2021 12:34 PM
Quesnel RCMP say in a press release that a man suffered several lacerations while attempting to stop a man from stealing items from a local business on Malcom Dr. In Quesnel.
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on March 9, employees at Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts saw a man trying to steal items by concealing them in his jacket. When the employees tried to stop him an altercation ensued. During the scuffle, one of the employees received cuts to both his hands and one ear after the male produced a knife. RCMP were close by when the 911 call was received. James Peter Alexander Halvorsen who is a 37-year-old Quesnel resident was taken into custody. A knife was also seized at the scene.