A 31-year-old Langley man faces numerous charges after allegedly running over his wife with a car while his three-year-old child was strapped into the car seat.
The toddler was located safe in the back seat of his car in Vancouver, following a police pursuit that started in Langley on May 15.
William Marten is now charged with assault with a weapon (the vehicle), failing to stop during an accident involving bodily harm, flight from police and dangerous driving.
Police were called about 2 p.m. May 15, after a man reportedly had driven off with a toddler in the back seat after hitting a woman, believed to be his wife, in a neighbourhood near 200 Street and 64 Avenue.
The mother’s injuries were said to be non-life threatening.
Police vehicles and a helicopter chased the fleeing vehicle into Vancouver.
Vancouver police said the driver rammed several police cruisers before he was arrested with the aid of a police dog team.
The suspect was transported to hospital with dog bites.
The child was found unharmed and strapped into her car seat.
Marten made a brief court appearance on Tuesday, June 2, but was remanded in custody until his next court appearance June 16.
He was given 12 months probation for a theft in 2013. In 2008, he pleaded guilty of uttering forged documents in Calgary. He received 30 days in jail.
He was sentenced to a an Aboriginal Sentencing Circle for uttering threats to burn or destroy and breaching those terms in 2012 in North Vancouver.
— With files from reporter Dan Ferguson