Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Rule number one: whenever on the run from the law, always do up your seatbelt!


Sometimes the cases just seem to solve themselves, an Alberta couple may very well be home for Thanksgiving, though they may not like the travel arrangements that are about to be made for them .

The Monday Daily News has the details of an arrest last week of a couple from Alberta who were wanted on Alberta and British Columbia-wide arrest warrants.

Their days of freedom came to an end after they were caught in a seatbelt check on Fulton Street, allegedly not wearing the car restraint devices. Their decision to spurn the seat belt laws of the province have landed them in a hotter pot of water than simple traffic infractions.

Seatbelt check nets pair
The Daily News
Monday, September 24, 2007

A married couple who were allegedly on the run from authorities in Alberta had been laying low in Prince Rupert since January of 2007, according to Prince Rupert RCMP.

Glenn John Nielsen and his wife Jacoba Paulina Nielsen were pulled over by RCMP for the driver's alleged failure to wear a seatbelt in the 600 block of Fulton Street.

Police then identified Glenn Nielsen as being wanted and the subject of an Alberta and British Columbia-wide arrest warrant.

Police said further investigation revealed that Jacoba Nielsen was also wanted on two unendorsed warrants.

The couple was arrested without incident and appeared before the Prince Rupert Provincial Court on Sept. 20. They have been charged with theft over $5,000, the aggregate amount of which exceeds $180,000, in addition to possession of stolen property over $5,000. The Nielsens remain in police custody and are scheduled to be escorted to Alberta to be dealt with according to law.

If anyone has additional information pertaining to this investigation please contact Crimestoppers at 250-627-8477 or the Prince Rupert R.C.M.P. at 250-627-0700.

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