B.C. crime news: Teen charged after man tried to recover stolen bike on Commercial Drive | Paramedic assaulted in DTES

A 17-year-old has been charged after a man was stabbed while trying to recover his stolen bike on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive.

The incident happened at around 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday when the man was with a friend and had left his bike nearby.

Vancouver police alleged a youth grabbed the bike and rode away. The man chased after him to try to get his bike back but was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police arrested a person matching the attacker’s description several blocks away. The bike was still with him, police allege.

When officers tried to arrest the person, he didn’t comply. Officers used a bean bag shotgun before taking him into custody.

A youth is charged with one count of robbery and one count of assault with a weapon, police said.

A paramedic was assaulted while on the job in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

The paramedic was helping a person near West Hastings and Abbott streets just after 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday when a man approached him asking for water before hitting him on the head, police allege.

The man then left. Vancouver police arrested a person about a block away.

The 27-year-old could face assault charges.

The paramedic suffered minor injuries.

chchan@postmedia.com