RCMP are on the hunt for a man believed to be involved in multiple vehicle thefts in Cherryville.

Vernon Motorsports reports the shop was broken into around 5 a.m. Friday morning and a Yamaha R-MAX with a single axle trailer loaded with a Yamaha Raptor 90cc were stolen. The quad and side-by-side were last seen in Lumby, but the trailer was found. 

A Cherryville resident of North Fork Road says she saw a man overturn an ATV on the road Friday morning and proceeded to steal a blue Ford F150 truck and trailer right in front of her residence.

"The people were in their F150 with flatbed trailer pursuing their stolen side-by-side out of Harris Creek," Chantelle Mybelle told The Morning Star. "They tried to block him in front of my house in Cherryville and the (perpetrator) flipped the side-by-side. A struggle ensued and the (perpetrator) stole the truck and trailer that had been pursuing them."

She watched the man head up North Fork, excessively speeding through the school zone.

"Please be careful on the roads out here," she advised, adding he may be heading up the North Fork Forest Service Road or Creighton Valley and RCMP are on site near the school.

"Do not approach the man as he is violent and could be armed! Call RCMP. The man has blood on his face and approached a farm up North Fork stating he needed help."