Vagrant lit two fires in front of city pool, smoked pot in changeroom, Jerzy Partyka blames provincial drug policy, federal law on prosecuting repeat offenders
Jerzy Partyka was walking in from the parking lot of the Prince George Aquatic Centre Thursday afternoon at about 3:30, about to start a coaching session with his young athletes in the Prince George Barracudas Swim Club when he saw smoke and flames coming from the bushes in front of the building.
Partyka told him to put the fire out or he would call the police. He went inside the building and reported it to the front desk attendant, who went out to talk to the man. “They are using the drugs in the hospital, they are doing drugs in the parks and nothing is done about that.” “People are coming all the time to the pool, children, old people, who knows if he has a knife and was going to stab somebody or a gun. Everybody is afraid to say something. They’ll go after him when he’s going to kill or injure somebody.”
The following day, Packer was arrested after he stole a Tesla and crashed it and was trapped inside the car. That time he was released on house arrest but it had little effect as a deterrent.
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