Police have charged a man who they allege was driving dangerously through a residential neighbourhood in Ottawa’s east end on Sunday.
The Ottawa Police Service says a man was seen erratically driving a vehicle in the area of Fullerton Avenue and Lola Street just before 5:30 p.m.
The man was also seen dangling a machete out of the car window as he drove, police say.
Responding officers attended the scene, but the vehicle had already left when they arrived, according to police.
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One officer remained in the area and arrested the driver when the vehicle returned, seizing the machete, pepper spray and a balaclava, police say.
Jaafar Al-Mahdawi, 22, is charged with careless driving, failure to stop at a stop sign, two counts of failure to comply with an undertaking and two counts of possession of a weapon.
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