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Man assaulted, held captive for 2 days inside home near U.S. border: N.B. police

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Global News Morning New Brunswick: December 21
The online edition of Global News Morning with Paul Brothers on Global New Brunswick – Dec 21, 2023

A 40-year-old man has been charged with several offences after police received a report that a person had been held captive and assaulted for two days at a residence in New Brunswick.

In a media release, police said they initially received a report on Dec. 13 regarding the events that allegedly occurred at a residence in Carlingford, a rural Victoria County community near the United States border.

“On December 18, subsequent to an investigation, members of the New Brunswick RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT) executed a search warrant at the man’s residence,” the RCMP said in a statement.

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“Police seized a weapon that was believed to have been used in the assault, and the man was arrested at the scene.”

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Police say the accused appeared the following day in court and was charged with assault, forcible entry on real property, uttering threats, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and two counts of failure to comply with a probation order.

He was then brought back into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on December 22 for a bail hearing.

“The investigation is ongoing,” police added.

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