The RCMP Southern Alberta District crime reduction unit says it has arrested a man with several outstanding warrants and accused him of resisting arrest and threatening officers with a stun gun.
The incident took place on Sept. 13, after police say they located a man wanted on a warrant out of Pincher Creek for two counts of flight from police, mischief and trespassing.
When police were attempting to arrest the suspect, they say he resisted and fled from officers. When he was captured and taken into custody, police say he was wielding a stun gun.
Jayson Bixby, a 39-year-old resident of Shaughnessy, has been charged with:
- possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
- resisting arrest
- possessing a prohibited weapon
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Bixby remains in police custody and his next court date is Sept. 25 at the Alberta court of justice in Lethbridge.