The good news is that one of the motorcycles stolen from a Fruitvale business on April 15 has been recovered.
The bad news is that the suspected thief remains at large.
Reverse to the afternoon of Friday, June 23, when the Trail RCMP received a report that a 28-year-old Trail man was riding an unlicensed dirt bike on Nelson Avenue, in West Trail.
An officer patrolled the area and located the man riding the motorcycle near the intersection of Lookout Street and Warren Lane.
When the officer activated the lights and/or siren on his marked police vehicle, the man fled on the motorcycle to the end of Warren Lane.
The suspect abandoned the motorcycle at the end of the dead end street, then leapt 30 feet down an embankment, and ran away.
The officer did not pursue the man; however, the motorcycle was recovered.
Trail RCMP are pursuing criminal charges against the Trail man who remains at large.
In early May, police reported that the owner of the truck allegedly involved in the April 15 theft of two blue Yamaha off-road motorcycles from Glacier Edge Motorsports — valued at $23,000 — had been identified. At that time, the Trail RCMP said the two perpetrators involved had not yet been identified.
Surveillance footage captured the crime, and revealed a grey/silver truck and two thieves.
“Trail RCMP and the business owner would like to recover the two stolen motorcycles,” Wicentowich said. ““This is a local small business, and this theft has hit them hard financially.”
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