Cop-car smasher gets 2-year prison sentence
CBC News
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 7:20 AM NT
Last Updated: Aug 29, 2012 11:47 AM NT
Lailynd Grandbois, seen during a court appearance in March, was convicted for stealing a truck and then ramming it into a police cruiser. (CBC )
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A young man from British Columbia has been sentenced to two years in jail by a judge in St. John's.
In March, Lailynd Grandbois, 23, rammed a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary cruiser in Paradise with a truck he had stolen.
Among other things, Grandbois was convicted of possessing stolen property, dangerous operation of a vehicle, and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
Grandbois was sentenced in provincial court on Tuesday.
When he gets out of prison, he won't be allowed to drive for 10 years.
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