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A man who fired shots at police, hijacked a woman's car at gunpoint and then intentionally crashed it into a patrol car has pleaded guilty. Caleb Kovaleski
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Four vehicle wrecks hoisted from Whanganui River in week-long operation 23 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM 3 minutes to read A safety briefing on day two before the vehicle recovery started. Whanganui SAR co-ordinator Senior Constable Keith Thomson (centre in white hardhat) co-ordinated the clean-up operation with the Police National Dive Squad, local iwi and partner agencies. Photo / New Zealand Police A safety briefing on day two before the vehicle recovery started. Whanganui SAR co-ordinator Senior Constable Keith Thomson (centre in white hardhat) co-ordinated the clean-up operation with the Police Nat...
Acting Central District Commander Nigel Allan said the defendant was a former police officer but did not say whether they resigned or were fired. Allan also did not respond to questions about how the offending was detected, whether it had affected staff morale, or what reassurance he could give to the public whose trust may have been affected as a result. The officer joins a growing number of Taranaki police who have appeared before the courts in recent years. In August 2019, former senior police officer Shaun Keenan was jailed for three years and eight months after he admitted stealing $...
One of the officers said the man, while appearing calm, looked like a methamphetamine user due to his wide eyes and being “a little twitchy”. The officers soon discovered he had a warrant for his arrest, as well as a bag of cannabis on the driver’s seat of his car, so they tried to arrest him. The man said he was told his head would be “smashed against the car” if he did not comply, but the officers said they only touched the man and asked him multiple times to comply. The man ran to a garden area, where he was tackled by an officer and placed in a bear hug.