Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Shelburne District RCMP has charged a man with multiple offences, including Uttering Threats.
On May 8, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Shelburne District RCMP responded to a report of uttering threats. Responding officers learned that a man had forcefully entered a residence on Seaview Crt. in North East Point and threatened the lone female occupant known to him before fleeing in a truck.
Officers located the vehicle a short time later and attempted a traffic stop. The suspect drove away at a high rate of speed. Officers shut off their lights and sirens, and did not pursue the vehicle, in consideration of public safety. When the truck was located a second time, officers deployed a spike belt in an attempt to stop the vehicle. Again, the driver fled. Officers did not pursue the vehicle.
Police then located the vehicle on Hwy. 103 near Oak Park Rd. and observed the driver run into a wooded area. RCMP Police Dog Services was dispatched to assist. Upon arrival, Police Dog Services tracked the suspect a short distance and safely arrested him. During the arrest, the man threatened the police dog and officers present.
Grant Cottreau, 27, of Spryfield (formerly of Yarmouth), was transported to Yarmouth Rural RCMP Detachment where he received medical treatment for a non-life-threatening injury due to a police service dog bite.
Cottreau has been charged with:
• Break and Enter
• Flight from Peace Officer (two counts)
• Uttering Threats (three counts)
• Being Unlawfully in a Dwelling-house
• Mischief (two counts)
• Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle (two counts)
• Failure to Comply with Order (two counts)
He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Yarmouth Provincial Court on May 27.