An alleged carjacker is in custody after he fell asleep in a stolen car.
On March 11, New Westminster police were called to the 400 block of Third Avenue when passersby spotted a man slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle that had been reported stolen one day earlier, according to a media release from police.
On Tuesday, March 10, officers responded to a report of a carjacking in the parking lot at Royal City Centre. According to police, at about 5 p.m. a 59-year-old New Westminster man was loading groceries into his car when a man approached him carrying a knife. The suspect demanded the car keys and the victim obliged, “in the interest of his own safety,” explained the release.
Over the next several hours, police say the carjacker was involved in two other alleged incidents in Surrey, including rear-ending another car and leaving the scene, and fleeing Surrey RCMP officers who were conducting a traffic stop at King George Boulevard and Gateway Drive around 11:45 p.m.
The suspect was eventually arrested the following day when he was found sleeping in the stolen vehicle. Before the suspect awoke, officers entered the vehicle through an unlocked door and arrested him, according to the release.
The alleged carjacker is 34-year-old Daryl John Hickey of New Westminster. He has been charged with one count of robbery, one count of possession of stolen property over $5,000, one count of breach of probation, and five counts of breach of recognizance.
Hickey remains in custody at this time. He is scheduled to appear in court on March 16.
