Police taser Pickering man; suspect faces assault, weapon charges

By News Staff

Posted April 13, 2011 2:20 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

PICKERING, On. – Durham Regional police said officers used a taser to subdue a man after they were threatened and assaulted during a domestic dispute in Pickering.

A teenager called 911 to report an armed male had broken into their house, Monday night.  The suspect was reportedly looking for a woman in the ValleyFarm Road and Finch Avenue area home, police said.

The woman managed to escape to a neighbour’s house; however, the armed man assaulted a male inside the home and caused extensive property damage, police said.

After tasering the suspect, officers arrested the man. He was treated in hospital for a non life-threatening injury he sustained in the home before police arrived.

A 36-year-old Pickering man is facing numerous assault and weapons-related charges.

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