PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mounties in Prince George had to go with the flow — or the ice floe — when arresting a woman for break and enter, mischief and resisting arrest.
A resident in the nearby community of Miworth called police to report she had interrupted a robbery in her home and that when the female suspect took off she narrowly missed the homeowner, but hit the woman’s vehicle.
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The suspect’s vehicle was found nearby and police called in a tracking dog.
The woman was then found on an ice floe in the Nechako River, where police say she had started a fire on the ice.
Police say she resisted arrest, but was taken into custody without incident.
Twenty-five-year-old Philicity Lafreniere of Prince George faces five criminal charges.
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