{"id":518736,"date":"2026-03-06T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:11:10","slug":"vancouver-police-chase-down-yacht-to-rescue-woman-from-violent-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518736\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver police chase down yacht to rescue woman from &#8216;violent suspect&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver police say they chased down a yacht in heavy seas to rescue a woman from a &#8220;violent suspect,&#8221; after she called 911 and reported being attacked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They say the VPD&#8217;s flagship vessel did a &#8220;pace and pin&#8221; manoeuvre to get alongside the yacht Thursday morning before emergency response officers jumped aboard the moving craft in the Strait of Georgia off Point Grey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The officers then arrested the male suspect and rescued the woman.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say the operation took place in &#8220;very heavy conditions&#8221; involving waves up to 1.8 metres and 15-knot winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say officers found firearms on the 12-metre yacht and are now seeking charges of assault and forcible confinement against the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They say the &#8220;challenging&#8221; rescue was made possible with the marine unit&#8217;s new R.G. McBeath V.C. flagship that was christened last October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver police say they chased down a yacht in heavy seas to rescue a woman from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,204928,204927,204926,21208,944,55,12961],"class_list":["post-518736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-emergency-response-officers","tag-flagship-vessel","tag-heavy-seas","tag-rescue","tag-the-canadian-press","tag-vancouver","tag-vancouver-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}