A Vancovuer Island woman is nursing scrapes, bumps and bruises while getting kudos from her community after she chased down and tackled a break-and-enter suspect this week.

Ashley Stevenson was in the bathroom of her Nanaimo home at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when her dachshund dog started growling.

91裸聊视频淭he dog was in there with me and he was growling at the door, but he91裸聊视频檚 kind of senile, so you know, who knows?91裸聊视频� Stevenson said.

At the same time her partner, Joe Squire, was standing on the front porch of their home talking to their next-door neighbour when a young woman, carrying a backpack, casually stepped out their front door, just three metres from where he was standing.

91裸聊视频淪he looked at me and said, 91裸聊视频楬ey,91裸聊视频� and just starts casually walking down the driveway,91裸聊视频� Squire said. 91裸聊视频淚 looked at my neighbour and said, 91裸聊视频楧id that just happen?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The neighbour confirmed it had and Squire alerted Stevenson.

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Squire gave chase in their car, but Stevenson started chasing the woman on foot. When she spotted the suspect coming out of a neighbour91裸聊视频檚 basement door, the pursuit was on.

91裸聊视频淚 just acted and I ran through six backyards and I hopped four fences,91裸聊视频� Stevenson said. 91裸聊视频淚 was wearing slippers. I don91裸聊视频檛 even know why 91裸聊视频� I just went into 91裸聊视频楾hat91裸聊视频檚 my stuff. I91裸聊视频檓 getting it back.91裸聊视频� I was taunting her, which is terrible. She started slowing down and I went, 91裸聊视频極h, no. You91裸聊视频檙e slowing down. This isn91裸聊视频檛 looking good for you.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

As the women ran along the edge of a small ravine behind homes on Shelby Ann Avenue, Stevenson flagged down Squire, resumed the chase, caught up with the suspect again, knocked her down and then leaped on her.

91裸聊视频淎s she was falling, I just grabbed my backpack from behind and then threw all of my weight down,91裸聊视频� Stevenson said.

As the women wrestled, the suspect hit Stevenson on the head with a rock. Just as Stevenson started to tire, Squire arrived and helped hold the woman, who was trying to strike him with the rock, until police arrived.

91裸聊视频淲e had her nicely gift-wrapped for them. It was a good day for them,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淏ut they were wonderful and they knew her. Yeah, she91裸聊视频檚 known to police.91裸聊视频�

Stevenson said she91裸聊视频檚 grateful for the the RCMP91裸聊视频檚 fast response and for support expressed for her by friends on social media and her neighbours, whom she91裸聊视频檚 come to know since the incident.

91裸聊视频淢y post on Facebook really brought a lot of people in my neighbourhood to reach out to me and we91裸聊视频檙e going to have a get together and a meet and greet over the holidays and it91裸聊视频檚 a reason why community, you know?91裸聊视频� she said.

Stevenson also hopes the woman she caught will get help, now that she91裸聊视频檚 been arrested, to turn her life around.

According to police, the arresting officers found all of the stolen items.

Natasha Harris, 28, appeared in provincial court in Nanaimo on Wednesday and has been charged with break and enter and two counts of assault with a weapon.

91裸聊视频淕ood on these two for doing what they did,91裸聊视频� Const. Gary O91裸聊视频橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said in a press release. 91裸聊视频淲e would, however, be remiss to not point out they could have been seriously harmed during the struggle.91裸聊视频�

Police never advocate getting into physical altercations with suspects.

91裸聊视频淥fficers were responding and if they had simply followed the suspect at a safe distance and provided updates, the outcome would have been the same,91裸聊视频� he said.

Stevenson has multiple bruises and had difficulty walking Thursday, but she had to retrieve the laptop which contains her university course projects and irreplaceable photos and memories.

91裸聊视频淚n 20/20 hindsight I probably shouldn91裸聊视频檛 have done that,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 should91裸聊视频檝e just called the police, but she had my backpack, which had my laptop and my projects for school worth 40 per cent [of the final grade],91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淵ou can91裸聊视频檛 let that go. That91裸聊视频檚 your future, so I had to get her.91裸聊视频�

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