A 57-year-old man was arrested after allegedly barricading inside a building on his property in Gabarus, N.S., and uttering threats.
The Cape Breton Regional Police responded to a report of an altercation between two people on Forchu Road around 7 p.m. Sunday.
“One person had assaulted and threatened the other before returning to his neighboring home, where he was believed to have a firearm,” reads a news release from Cape Breton Regional Police.
Police say officers found the man inside a building on his property on Jessie Hardy Lane and he refused to exit.
Crisis negotiators were called to help and the Emergency Response team also assisted because there was a possibility the man had a firearm.
According to police, the man exited his building around 1 a.m. and was not in possession of a firearm.
He was arrested and released on the promise to appear in Sydney provincial court to face charges of assault and uttering threats to damage property and cause bodily harm or death.
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