A Fredericton NB, man faces multiple charges, including three counts of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, following an incident on the city’s north side Wednesday night.
Fredericton police responded to a gas station on Cliffe Street around 10 pm for reports of a suspicious man sleeping in a running vehicle.
“While police officers attempted to wake the driver and arrest him for outstanding issues, he attempted to flee and rammed a marked police vehicle several times, as well as a security vehicle,” said the Fredericton Police Force in a news release.
Despite being told to stop the vehicle, police say the man kept trying to drive off and ended up hitting an officer.
Police broke a window to disable the vehicle and took the man into custody.
A second officer received minor injuries to their hands. The two officers were not seriously injured.
The man’s vehicle was searched, and police say they seized a quantity of suspected crystal meth and other drug paraphernalia, as well as a knife.
Justin Andrew Price was charged with:
- operation of a conveyance while impaired
- operation of a conveyance while prohibited
- dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm
- three counts of assault on a peace officer with a weapon
- two counts of mischief under $5,000
- breach of probation
- CDSA – possession of CDSA (schedule I) methamphetamine
Price was remanded into custody and is scheduled to return to court at a later date.