Waterloo Regional Police say a man attacked two officers in the downtown Galt area of Cambridge on Monday night.
According to police, the officers were dispatched to Water Street North and Augusta Street at around 7 p.m. after a disturbance was reported.
They say the officers arrested a man in connection with the disturbance when things turned uglier.
The officers were trying to charge the suspect and release him when he attacked them, biting one officer while trying to take a gun off the other, according to police.
They say that one officer was left with minor injuries.
A 29-year-old man is facing a host of charges including uttering threats to cause death, assault, mischief under $5,000, assaulting a peace officer, escaping lawful custody and disarming a police officer.
- B.C. Sikh leader ‘vindicated’ by arrest of Indian nationals in Nijjar killing
- London Drugs remains closed, says it is reviewing billions of lines of data
- How toy guns brandished by Ontario youth in ‘assassins game’ is prompting real fear
- Trump trial hears recording discussing hush money scheme: ‘What do we got to pay?’
Comments