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Man Charged with Assaulting a Peace Officer in Welland

A man and an NRP officer had to be taken to hospital with minor injuries after police responded to a report of an impaired driver in Welland.

They were called to the Niagara Street and 6th Street area late Sunday afternoon, where they found a man in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. 

He allegedly put up a fight while officers were trying to arrest him, and a Conducted Energy Weapon was deployed. 

A 39-year-old man has been charged with assault with intent to resist arrest, assaulting a peace officer, disarming a peace officer and disobeying a court order. 

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