A 28-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a police officer after allegedly confronting Mounties with a sword.
Connor James Delaney is alleged to have brandished the weapon when police attended a Salmon Arm residence on March 28 to arrest a man wanted on outstanding warrants.
“Once at the residence the man allegedly confronted police with a sword,” an RCMP news release explains.
“The suspect was disarmed by officers, taken into custody and transported to cells.”
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Police said Delaney was charged with assaulting a peace officer with intent to resist arrest, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Those charges were laid on March 29, according to the RCMP.
Delaney was briefly held by police before being released back into the community on April 3.
The RCMP said his release comes with “court-imposed conditions.”
According to police, the man they sought to arrest on March 28 was wanted for failing to attend court.
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