Man locked in hospital bathroom arrested
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A man who appeared to be intoxicated and allegedly locked himself in the bathroom of Swan Valley Health Centre’s emergency room was arrested on Sunday.
Police received the report at around 2:30 p.m., and when they arrived at the health centre, they opened the bathroom door and found a man, known to police, holding a knife, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.
Mounties said the man was not a patient.
The man did not comply with police’s commands to drop the weapon, and officers had to use to use a Taser to take the 45-year-old man into custody, he release said.
The man, from Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, had a minor injury from his weapon before police arrived, RCMP said.
The man was treated at the hospital before he was taken into custody, Mounties said.
He faces a single count of possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes.
Swan River RCMP continues to investigate.
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