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Home invader no match for 95-year-old Penticton woman

Home invader no match for 95-year-old Penticton woman | iNFOnews.ca

PENTICTON – An elderly Penticton woman chased off a break-and-enter suspect, then helped police track him down last night.

The 95-year-old woman called police around midnight, Jan. 28, to say a man had just kicked in the front door of her Brandon Avenue home, according to a RCMP media release.

RCMP say she scared him off and he ran out the back door.

Police arrived and officers swarmed the area, setting up a perimeter and brought in Tig the police service dog.

Tig tracked the suspect to a cluster of thick thorn bushes near the Channel Parkway where a man matching the suspect's description was found, police say. He resisted both the police dog handler and the police dog, but was taken into custody after a second officer intervened.

The police dog handler broke his hand during the arrest.

A 47-year-old Penticton man is in custody and awaiting a court appearance.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

By Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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