A dramatic arrest which unfolded in a 麻豆精选 neighbourhood Thursday and attracted the public鈥檚 attention, has resulted in the capture of a man wanted by police on multiple outstanding warrants.
Continuous and extensive efforts had been made by both West 麻豆精选 and 麻豆精选 RCMP to locate the 29-year-old man, who was wanted in connection with a violent break-and-enter which took place Sept. 23 at a residence in the 3000-block of Ensign Way in West 麻豆精选.
On Thursday, shortly after 3 p.m. near the intersection of Moyer Road and Friesen Drive in Rutland, the Mounties鈥攚ith the help of a police dog鈥攇ot their man.
West 麻豆精选 RCMP spokesman Cpl. Clayton Wiebe said the officers made tremendous efforts to ensure the man鈥檚 arrest was executed as safely as possible.
鈥淥ur primary concern, during the execution of what RCMP believed to be a high-risk apprehension, was of course public and police safety. That also includes the safety and well-being of the accused, who was taken into police custody without incident,鈥� said Wiebe.
John Michael Aronson remains in custody and was expected to appear in court in 麻豆精选 Friday.
Although wanted on additional unrelated warrants, Aronson has been charged with several criminal offences related to the Sept. 23 incident including assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, use of firearm during the commission of an indictable offence, pointing a firearm at a person, possession of a prohibited weapon, break and enter and uttering threats.
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