Police in Peterborough, Ont., used a stun gun to assist in the arrest of a teenager who reportedly assaulted and threatened two people and officers with a knife.
According to the Peterborough Police Service, just before 11 a.m. on Thursday, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence in the area of Milroy Drive and Rowberry Boulevard.
Officers learned that a teenage boy and a woman got into a verbal dispute, which escalated into the boy choking and brandishing a knife at her. A second woman was also verbally threatened.
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Police say officers and police service dog Gryphon made several attempts to take the boy into custody.
“But he continued to be agitated and came at officers with a knife,” police stated.
One officer deployed their conducted energy weapon on the boy to help make the arrest.
A 14-year-old boy was charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, overcoming resistance by attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle another person and two counts of uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm.
He was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Friday.