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The teenaged girl, who was not charged, was injured in the jump.

The couple later told police they didn’t mean to cross into the United States and were led there by GPS.

In 2016, Wittke was involved in another bizarre incident in Ottawa. Then 19, he stabbed himself inside a bathroom at the Chapter’s store at the Pinecrest shopping centre. He had arrived there after posting a video of him driving a stolen truck to Facebook claiming he was “homicidal and suicidal.”

In the video, he challenged police to come after him, saying, “If you chase me, I will make sure someone dies.”

He claimed to be armed with a hammer, knife and ratchet and threatened to kill a police officer.

Confronted by a police officer at the store, he pulled out a knife and ran to the hallway where the washrooms are.

Tactical officers arrived and drew Tasers and firearms.

As with the Arnprior crash, Ontario’s police watchdog was called in to investigate. The SIU cleared Ottawa police officers of any wrongdoing.

In April of 2016, Wittke was sentenced to two years in jail and two years’ probation.

Wittke’s mother Valerie, said after he was arrested in Maine, that the teenager suffered from mental health problems. She said he had been in trouble with the law before the cross-border car chase and was on probation at the time.