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Man who held woman in car, uttered threats, charged with forcible confinement

RCMP lay charges after forcible confinement incident in Windsor Junction. File / Global News

WINDSOR JUNCTION, N.S. – Forcible confinement and firearms charges have been laid against a man after a woman was reportedly held in a vehicle and threatened with a firearm early Tuesday morning.

The police were called called to the scene of the incident on Windsor Junction Road at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police located the vehicle the woman was being held in and arrested the 23-year-old Shane Frizzell.

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Officers seized a firearm, which was determined to be a, “very realistic looking pellet gun.”

Police also located a stolen vehicle used by the accused.

Frizzell has been charged with forcible confinement, using an imitation firearm, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, among several other offences.

He is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on Tuesday.

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