---
title: "Watch These Good Canadians Trap a Thief in a Pickup Truck Until Police Arrive"
description: "A man in Canada was arrested last week after attempting to steal a pickup truck from the parking lot of a Subway restaurant in the middle of the day - only to fail at hotwiring the vehicle and end up trapped inside by a group of Good Samaritans until police arrived."
date: "2018-02-07"
modified: "2018-02-08"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/18282/watch-these-good-canadians-trap-a-thief-in-a-pickup-truck-until-police-arrive"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Canada"
  - "Crime"
  - "Grand Theft Auto"
  - "police"
  - "trucks"
---

# Watch These Good Canadians Trap a Thief in a Pickup Truck Until Police Arrive

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A man was arrested last week after attempting to steal a pickup truck from the parking lot of a Subway restaurant in the middle of the day—only to fail at hotwiring the vehicle and get trapped inside by a group of [Good Samaritans](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12523/good-samaritan-helps-deputy-after-traffic-stop-goes-south>) until police arrived.

[According to *Global News*,](<https://globalnews.ca/news/3996225/edmonton-truck-theft-video/>) several people in the restaurant noticed the man break into a [Chevrolet Avalanche](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13146/2017-chevrolet-silverado-1500-high-country-review-a-gateway-drug-pickup-truck>) parked right outside the front door and went out to investigate. The group watched as he locked himself in the truck and struggled to start it; eventually, one of the witnesses pulled out his smartphone to record the surreal scene.

https://youtube.com/embed/mG7muJdFrMg

The video shows the men guarding both sides of the truck as the would-be thief completely ignores them and attempts to tear apart the dashboard and steering column, while another witness narrates the proceedings to an emergency operator on the phone. After a few minutes of them mocking him for failing to get the Chevy started, the real authorities arrive in a column of three police cruisers.

The officers order him out of the truck, and when he refuses, one of them breaks a window and uses a Taser to take him down. While the way the situation started is kind of amusing, the conclusion certainly is not: You can see him drop a knife on the ground in the struggle, and police later found two more knives and several bullets in his possession.

Nineteen-year-old Brady Alook [was charged](<https://globalnews.ca/news/3996225/edmonton-truck-theft-video/>) with attempted motor vehicle theft, possessing a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, and several other crimes. Hopefully he doesn't learn [how to *actually* hotwire](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/13373/man-arrested-for-stealing-corvette-tells-police-he-was-forced-to-steal-it-at-gunpoint>) a car while incarcerated.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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