**** RCMP Media Release
Colchester County District RCMP charge man with multiple offences
Colchester County District RCMP has charged a man with multiple offences after an incident that began at a pharmacy on Main St. in Tatamagouche.
On October 11, 2022, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Colchester County District RCMP responded to a report of mischief at a pharmacy on Main St. in Tatamagouche. An RCMP officer learned that a 39-year-old Upper Malagash man had damaged some shelves inside the pharmacy before heading out to the parking lot. While the RCMP officer was speaking to pharmacy staff, the man began damaging an RCMP car, before leaving the area in his own vehicle.
The RCMP officer got into his damaged car and began attempting a traffic stop on the man’s vehicle, however, the man turned the vehicle around and accelerated quickly while heading directly at the RCMP car. The RCMP officer took avoiding action and briefly left the roadway. The man then fled the area at a high rate of speed.
RCMP officers from Cumberland County District, Colchester County District, Northeast RCMP Traffic Services and RCMP Police Dog Services responded to the area in an effort to locate the man and his vehicle. Members of Nova Scotia RCMP Emergency Response Team were also dispatched to assist.
At approximately 12 p.m., an RCMP officer located the man’s vehicle on Hwy. 307 in Lower Wentworth. A spike belt was deployed and it successfully disabled the vehicle. The man was located standing outside his vehicle and was safely arrested.
Joseph Wood, 39, of Upper Malagash, has been charged with:
- Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance;
- Assault on a Police Officer;
- Flight from Police;
- Mischief (2 counts).
Wood was held in custody overnight and will appear in Truro Provincial Court later today.
