Brett Morpak, 37, is going through a number of prices
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A Cochrane man is going through a number of prices in reference to an hours-long police standoff on Christmas Eve.
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The RCMP stated the incident started with studies of a person inflicting a disturbance at Hearth Pharmacy, threatening workers and pointing what police imagine to be a firearm at them. An investigation led Mounties to a house on close by Hearth Bend, the place they tried to arrest the person.
Nevertheless, the person refused to depart his dwelling, based on police, prompting the three-and-a-half-hour standoff and a shelter-in-place order for close by residents.
“Whereas contained inside his residence, the male topic was seen pointing extra firearm replicas and threatening members with edged weapons,” the RCMP stated in a Sunday assertion.
The suspect, 37-year-old Brett Morpak, faces three counts of pointing a firearm, three counts of uttering threats to trigger hurt or loss of life, one rely of mischief over $5,000 and resisting arrest.
Morpak was launched from police custody with situations on Sunday. The courtroom has mandated he should have no contact with victims of the incident, not possess any weapons or imitation weapons and report back to a probation officer.
Morpak is scheduled to look in courtroom in Cochrane on Jan. 11, 2022.
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