A Winnipeg man faces charges after police investigated a suspicious vehicle Thursday morning.
The vehicle, in the area of Manitoba Avenue and Andrews Street, was flagged as suspicious by cops around 1:45 a.m.
It was registered to a woman who didn’t live in Winnipeg and was being driven by a man. When police turned around to check the vehicle, the driver got out and fled on foot.
The driver was later found hiding in the basement of a Manitoba Avenue home.
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After searching the vehicle, police found a BB gun under the driver’s seat.
Jesse Troy John Lafreniere, 33, faces charges of possessing a weapon, two counts of failing to comply with a probation order, and failing to comply with conditions of a recognizance.
Three other people inside the vehicle were also arrested at the scene. They were released from custody without charges.
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Police were later able to determine that the vehicle’s owner had loaned it to one of the people in the car.
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