A man who pleaded guilty last year in connection with a June 2013 high-speed chase through White Rock and Surrey has been forbidden to drive for 18 months.
The penalty – along with an eight-month conditional sentence and 18 months probation – was imposed on Brandon Nathen Teixeira by Judge Peder Gulbransen Tuesday (March 3) in Surrey Provincial Court.
Teixeira was arrested on June 28, 2013, after police tracked a grey Jeep Cherokee that had been spotted driving dangerously through the two cities to the area of 62 Avenue and 126 Street.
At that point, police said at the time, three occupants fled on foot. One was apprehended by a dog team after a break-in to a basement suite, a second man was located in green space south of where the vehicle was dumped and a third was caught in a nearby yard.
Teixeira pleaded guilty last June to fleeing police and break-and-enter. The plea came just two days before he was to go to trial.
Two other charges – dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and resisting or obstructing a peace officer – were stayed.