Coquitlam man, 57, charged after break and enter in Mission

MISSION — Mounties in Mission say police have arrested and charged a 57-year-old Coquitlam man for his alleged role in a residential break and enter in Mission and for ramming his pickup truck into a police vehicle as he fled.

According to a statement from RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr, Mission RCMP requested the public’s assistance in identifying a man that broke into a Mission home on Cottonwood Street on January 17. The man reportedly stole firearms, jewelry and other items, and rammed a police car to get away.

Image: Mission RCMP / Pickup truck used to steal goods from a home in Mission on Wednesday, January 17. The man involved in this crime has been arrested.

CCTV footage revealed that on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at approximately 10:45 a.m., an older white male used a pickup truck to barge into a garage door of a home on Cottonwood Street in Mission. The man subsequently entered the residence and stole multiple items including two tool boxes and a Husky air compressor.