A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 469 days in jail and one year probation for breaking into a home and stealing a motor vehicle.
Travis Inias Basil was arrested Dec. 4, 2014 after Prince George RCMP were called at 6 a.m. to a break and enter at a McQueen Avenue home, where they determined that a sport utility vehicle as well as electronics, credit cards and the vehicle's keys, were stolen.
Then, at 7:43 a.m., a report that a minivan had been stolen from a home on Jarvis Street in the Lakewood neighbourhood was called in. Less than a half hour later, at 8:08 a.m., the sport utility vehicle was located with significant front-end damage on Chingee Avenue, off Tabor in the Lakewood area.
At about 11:25 a.m., a general duty officer spotted the minivan at a gas station on 20th Avenue near Victoria Street and the lone occupant was arrested without incident.
Basil has an extensive criminal record and court records showed he had been released from jail the day before, after being in custody for about a month-and-a-half on a charge of breaching his probation.
Basil had remained in custody since his arrest on the break and enter and theft charges.
The sentence also applies to a July 13, 2014 break and enter.
At about 11:25 a.m., a general duty officer spotted the minivan at a gas station on 20th Avenue near Victoria Street and the lone occupant was arrested without incident.
Basil has an extensive criminal record and court records showed he had been released from jail the day before, after being in custody for about a month-and-a-half on a charge of breaching his probation.
Basil had remained in custody since his arrest on the break and enter and theft charges.
The sentence also applies to a July 13, 2014 break and enter.
