A call about a man spinning while swinging a wooden two-by-four and “acting strange” has led to the arrest of a wanted man in Belleville, Ont., police say.
Police were called to the report of a man walking down the road, swinging the piece of wood near Farley Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday.
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“The male was reportedly acting strange, unsteady on his feet and spinning around,” police said in a media release Friday.
Police say officers identified the man as a suspect wanted on multiple endorsed arrest warrants for possession of stolen property, two counts of theft, fraud and failing to comply with an undertaking.
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Christopher Lloyd, 44, of no fixed address, was arrested on the strength of the warrants and re-released on an undertaking
He is scheduled to appear in court in April.
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