Sunday, December 21, 2025
    ADVT 
    National

    Surrey Man Charged After Allegedly Assaulting, Slapping And Spitting In Face Of SkyTrain Police

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 31 Jan, 2017 12:49 PM
    • Surrey Man Charged After Allegedly Assaulting, Slapping And Spitting In Face Of SkyTrain Police
    BURNABY, B.C. — Police have charged a man with assaulting transit officers after an altercation on Sunday at the Metrotown SkyTrain Station in Burnaby, B.C.
     
    Metro Vancouver Transit Police say officers saw the man holding an open bottle of cider on the station platform at 9:45 p.m. and as they approached him a six-pack of cider was smashed on the floor.
     
    A struggle ensued and police say the man allegedly slapped an officer across the face and grabbed the groin area of another officer.
     
    Police also allege that the man spat into an officer's face after he was handcuffed and taken to a vehicle for transport to jail.
     
    A 29-year-old man from Surrey has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of wilfully resisting a police officer.
    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Former University Of British Columbia President David Strangway Dies

    Former University Of British Columbia President David Strangway Dies
    University president Santa Ono says Strangway's leadership enabled it to become a world-renowned institution and the community is deeply saddened by his death.

    Former University Of British Columbia President David Strangway Dies

    Son Asks Convicted Killer: 'Travis Vader, Where Are The Bodies Of My Parents?'

    Son Asks Convicted Killer: 'Travis Vader, Where Are The Bodies Of My Parents?'
    EDMONTON — Married for 57 years, they were kindred spirits and called each other darling.

    Son Asks Convicted Killer: 'Travis Vader, Where Are The Bodies Of My Parents?'

    Canadian-U.S. Dual Citizen Who Allegedly Bilked Investors Extradited From Vietnam

    Canadian-U.S. Dual Citizen Who Allegedly Bilked Investors Extradited From Vietnam
    Federal prosecutors in Buffalo say 29-year-old Michael Wilson has been arraigned on wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges.

    Canadian-U.S. Dual Citizen Who Allegedly Bilked Investors Extradited From Vietnam

    Niagara Falls Lit Up On Dark Winter Nights

    Niagara Falls Lit Up On Dark Winter Nights
    A $3 million upgrade saw the installation of 1,400 new high-tech lights called luminaires that beam brighter and more vivid rainbows of light from Canada onto the famous waterfalls.

    Niagara Falls Lit Up On Dark Winter Nights

    Edmonton Conductor Finds Cat Nearly Frozen Under Train Engine, Brings Him Home

    Edmonton Conductor Finds Cat Nearly Frozen Under Train Engine, Brings Him Home
    A Canadian National Railway conductor was checking the engines on his train early Sunday in Wainwright, Alta., when he heard a pathetic cry.

    Edmonton Conductor Finds Cat Nearly Frozen Under Train Engine, Brings Him Home

    New Brunswick Government Recommends Winter Tires But Won't Make Them Mandatory

    New Brunswick Government Recommends Winter Tires But Won't Make Them Mandatory
    New Brunswick Public Safety Minister Denis Landry says while he encourages the use of winter tires, he has no plan to make their use mandatory

    New Brunswick Government Recommends Winter Tires But Won't Make Them Mandatory

    PrevNext