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Riverview, N.B., man arrested for threatening victim inside home: police

Shortly after 6 p.m., officers from Codiac RCMP responded to call about a person threatening someone else inside a home on Kerry Court. File/THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lee Brown

A 47-year-old Riverview man was charged Saturday for threatening someone inside a home in Riverview, N.B.

Shortly after 6 p.m., officers from Codiac RCMP responded to call about a person threatening someone else inside a home on Kerry Court.

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The incident lasted several hours because the man refused to cooperate with officers or exit the home, police say.

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However, the man was arrested just after midnight. No one was injured in that incident, police say.

On Saturday morning, the man, whom police did not identify, was brought to a judge by telephone and charged with unlawful confinement.

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The suspect is currently sitting in custody and is scheduled to appear in Moncton provincial court on Sept. 23.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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