Charges laid after delivery driver threatened at gunpoint: RCMP

A Coaldale RCMP cruiser is shown in an undated photo.

A man has been charged after a delivery driver was assaulted and threatened with a gun in central Alberta.

According to police, the driver was attempting to deliver appliances to a rural address in the Sundre area.

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The delivery address was incorrect, so the driver parked his truck on the side of the road and called the recipient of the appliances, who police describe as the suspect.

The suspect showed up to where the driver was parked a short time later and demanded the driver deliver the appliances to an alternate address.

When the driver said he could not, police say the suspect punched him several times and then went back to his vehicle and got a long gun and threatened to kill the driver if the appliances weren’t delivered.

The driver fled in his vehicle and called police.

A search warrant was obtained for the property.

Police say they arrested the suspect and seized 16 firearms from his property, one of which was loaded, and a large amount of ammunition.

A 31-year-old Sundre man has been charged with 14 criminal code charges, including extortion with a firearm, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, and assault.

He has been released from custody on conditions and will appear in court in Didsbury on Dec. 20.