A youth with an ax was taken into custody in West Quesnel this morning.
As Sergeant Darren Dodge explains, they were called to a residence on Robertson Avenue at around 8:40…
“According to the complainant, there was a male outside the residence yelling and screaming, swinging an ax and damaging property. Police arrived within two minutes and shortly located the male in a trailer on the property.”
Dodge says he was quickly arrested.
He says an ax was seized along a separate knife that was located on him.
The 16-year old male, from Quesnel, is facing charges of Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Purpose, Mischief and Causing a Disturbance.