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A 32-year-old man is being treated for dog bites after allegedly assaulting a cab driver, stealing two vehicles and ramming into police cruisers during a pursuit that ended south of Saskatoon early Wednesday morning.
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Police said it all started around 6:40 a.m. when a man hit a store in the 1500 block of 22nd Street in a stolen taxi before robbing the store and filling it with bear spray.
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An hour later, he stole a F550 truck involved in sewer work near Wiggins Avenue and Cascade Street in the city’s Adelaide/Churchill neighbourhood, according to a news release.
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During a police news conference on Wednesday, spokesperson Kelsie Fraser said the man approached the private contractors on a bicycle, got inside their work truck and took off.
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The driver refused to stop, striking police vehicles twice as he drove south of the city onto Valley Road. Police said two officers fired shots during the chase, and a police vehicle eventually hit and immobilized the stolen white work truck.
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Police said the suspect wasn’t cooperative and had to be forcefully removed.
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Fraser couldn’t say how many officers were dispatched, how many vehicles were damaged, or whether the suspect was known to police, because that information was still being gathered.
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She said a lot of ground was covered during the two-hour incident.
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“The suspect drove dangerously through the downtown, through residential neighbourhoods, through school zones at a very busy time of day,” Fraser told reporters, adding that thankfully, no one was hurt.
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Kaz Daigneault appeared in Saskatoon provincial court Thursday afternoon. He’s charged with four counts each of assaulting a police officer and robbery, two counts of hit and run, and one count each of assault with a weapon, vehicle theft, evade police, impaired driving, dangerous driving, mischief and breach of both a release and probation order.
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His next scheduled court appearance is July 14.
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