A repeat violent offender out on statutory launch after serving time in jail for a 2019 stabbing in Maple Ridge, is now accused of stabbing an Abbotsford enterprise proprietor throughout an alleged theft try on Saturday.
Shortly after 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 9, Abbotsford police stated patrol officers had been referred to as to a stabbing at Ellwood Laundromat on Maclure close to Townline Roads.
The enterprise proprietor was discovered with life-threatening accidents “following an altercation with an unknown particular person trying to steal from the premises” and was taken to a trauma hospital within the Vancouver space, stated police in a information launch.
The laundromat proprietor is now in steady situation after present process surgical procedure, in line with police.
The suspect, who police stated was “presently out on statutory launch from a earlier violent offence,” ran off however was tracked to the yard of a close-by residence and arrested inside minutes.
Timothy Richard Louis Rowley, 40, is charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.
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Previous to his arrest this weekend, Rowley had been wished since July 31 for being unlawfully at massive in his parole jurisdiction of New Westminster.
Rowley’s legal historical past in B.C. dates again to 2004, when he was convicted of assault inflicting bodily hurt in Abbotsford and sentenced to time already served, plus 14 days in jail, adopted by 18 months probation.
In Oct. 2018, Rowley obtained 72 days in jail and 9 months probation for the deadly beating of a Canada goose in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
He pleaded responsible to inflicting pointless ache and struggling to an animal within the Aug. 6, 2018 incident, which was captured on video by witnesses.
In Sept. 2020, Rowley was sentenced to 5 years, 11 months, and 20 days in jail after he pleaded responsible to interrupt and enter and aggravated assault in relation to a Might 26, 2019 stabbing in Maple Ridge.
Rowley was additionally sentenced to 1 12 months in jail after pleading responsible to assault with a weapon for a separate incident in Maple Ridge on the identical day in 2019.
Rowley appeared earlier than a magistrate on Sunday morning in relation to the laundromat stabbing and can stay in police custody forward of an Aug. 14 courtroom look in Abbotsford.
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