Accused in flatbed truck pursuit remanded in custody 

By Rob Lamberti

OPP follow a stolen truck along the Toronto bound
lanes of the QEW as it passes through St. Catharines. The driver was finally taken into custody near Burlington. (BOB TYMCZYSZYN/QMI AGENCY)

MILTON - The man arrested after an allegedly stolen rig was driven some 450 km along highways throughout Southern Ontario appeared briefly in Milton court Tuesday.
Jason Meadus was ordered remanded in custody for a video appearance on Nov. 8.
Wearing black clothing and his hands handcuffed in front, he nodded to the justice of the peace and smirked.
Court was told he was charged with flight from police, dangerous driving and an unspecified number of other charges.
His lawyer Robert Christie was not in attendance, and asked the case be put over until next week.
The bizarre police pursuit began around 8 a.m. Monday in Burlington, when officers spotted the empty flatbed truck — reported stolen four hours earlier from the Niagara area — travelling along the QEW.
The pursuit ended peacefully five and a half hours later in the same city.