Manitoba police say they have arrested a Dauphin wanted after a woman was assaulted earlier this month.
On Twitter Monday evening, RCMP tweeted that Wayne Joseph Becks, 39, had been arrested just hours after they posted a photo of him.
Becks is charged with aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, assault while choking, possession of a firearm while prohibited, and uttering threats to cause death.
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The charges are connected to a Nov. 11 assault that left a woman with “severe, life-altering injuries,” police said Monday.
Police haven’t said how the woman was assaulted or where the assault happened.
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