One of two career criminals involved in a police standoff at the then Super 8 Motel on Glover Road in March 2012 has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to two years in jail.
On Friday, Ivan Logan Johnson, 33, of New Westminster pleaded guilty to 68 criminal offences related to the recovery of a large amount of stolen property from a hotel room, a vehicle and storage locker.
His co-accused, Dave Joseph Yaroslawsky, 31, of Surrey entered a guilty plea earlier this year and is due to be sentenced Nov. 1.
Johnson and Yaroslawsky were arrested after a two-hour standoff with police on March 2, 2012 at the Super 8 Motel.
The standoff brought in the Emergency Response Team, Police Dog Services, the Uniformed Gang Task Force and Air 2. Finally, the two men exited the hotel and were arrested without incident.
Both have remained in custody since that day.
Searches of the hotel room, their vehicle and a storage locker recovered in excess of 250 stolen items. The property seized was associated with upwards of 18 break-ins. The items had been stolen mainly from homes in Abbotsford, Surrey, 91原创, Hope and Chilliwack.
Of particular note was the recovery of three loaded handguns from the hotel room.
There were so many stolen items, 91原创 RCMP held a day at the detachment to show all the goods. During Yaroslawsky鈥檚 sentencing hearing on July 31, the court heard that he had accumulated so many stolen items that he had rented a storage locker in Aldergrove to stash them.
Johnson will be bound by two years probation upon his release.
He was given credit for one year already served.
