A 21-year-old man from Fredericton, N.B. has been charged with multiple offenses, including three counts of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, following an incident that occurred on the north side on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Just after 10:00 p.m. on March 9, Fredericton Police officers responded to a gas station on Cliffe Street, for reports of a suspicious male 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. Despite several clear commands to stop the vehicle, the suspect continued his attempts to flee, and struck an officer.
Police were able to break a window to disable the vehicle and take the man into custody. A second officer sustained minor hand injuries during the arrest.
Thankfully, the two officers were not seriously injured.
The suspect vehicle was searched, and a quantity of suspected crystal methamphetamine, other drug paraphernalia and a knife were seized.
Earlier today, 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
- assault on a peace officer with a weapon x 3
- mischief under $5,000 x 2
- breach of probation
- CDSA - possession of CDSA (schedule I) methamphetamine
He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to return to court at a later date.
File reference: 22-4737