The Parole Board of Canada has revoked statutory release for a man serving a federal sentence for firing bullets at a snow removal truck while trying to get away from Prince George RCMP.
Pride Dawson Moore was sentenced in January 2020 to three more years in prison for the Jan. 11, 2019 incident that began with a break-in at a local motel.
Moore and an accomplice were seen leaving a room in the motel with bags and suitcases and hopping into a pickup truck. With RCMP on their tail, they drove to the end of Domano Boulevard and onto a forest service road where the pickup became stranded in the snow.
When the snow removal truck appeared, Moore pulled out a .22-calibre rifle and fired off two rounds, hitting the truck's bug screen and then sending a bullet through the windshield, according to a summary provided at sentencing. By then, the driver had ducked and was not injured.
Moore and the accomplice split up. While the other man escaped arrest, Moore ended up back at the entrance to the forest service road where he was arrested. Wet, cold and missing a shoe, he was treated for hypothermia by ambulance attendants before he was taken into custody.
Moore was granted statutory release in January after he had served two-thirds of his sentence, with conditions including residing in a halfway house.
By August, Moore was back in custody after he was seen sitting outside the house with a woman - believed to be a resident of another program in the building - then, in an agitated state, punching a concrete pillar while appearing to be intoxicated.
Prior to that, Moore had demanded a later curfew so he could work overtime. He was swearing and being rude although staff at the house believed he was venting but also seeking help. But, later that day, his behaviour deteriorated, according to a parole board decision in which Moore's statutory release was revoked.
It means Moore must remain in custody for two-thirds of his remaining sentence before he can be eligible for release once again.
