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RCMP responded to a report of a municipal grader being stolen from the City of Portage la Prairie Public Works garage on Monday at approximately 9:40 a.m.
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Officers arrived to find the grader had crashed through a fence, with the suspect still inside the fenced area near the machine.
Police said the 29-year-old Portage la Prairie man refused to comply with officers’ demands and resisted arrest. Following the arrest, the man was transported to the Portage la Prairie RCMP Detachment. Due to an altercation with officers and EMS personnel, and because he was believed to be under the influence of a drug, the suspect was taken to the hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury.
The suspect was treated and later released from the hospital. He was taken into custody on multiple charges, including pperation while impaired by drug, theft of a motor vehicle, assault on a police officer and mischief over $5,000.
Portage la Prairie RCMP continue to investigate.
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