A 30 year-old Regina male will make an appearance in Provincial Court this afternoon (Thursday, January 2, 2014) facing a number of charges in connection with an assault with a weapon on New Year’s Day.
On Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at approximately 1:25 p.m., police were dispatched to a house in the 400 block of Montreal Street for a report that a 34 year-old male at that address had been assaulted. When police arrived, they learned that a 47 year-old female at the same house alleged that the same suspect had threatened her with a firearm, in addition to the original allegation. Because of the potential of firearms in the house, police established a safety perimeter and made contact with the occupants of the house. The people in the house, eight in total, were negotiated out by police and interviewed. A search warrant was obtained for the premises and a firearm was located. As a result of the investigation, a 30 year-old male was charged with the assault and uttering threats, as well as number of firearms offences.
Thirty year-old Ashley Murray THOMPSON, DOB: 1983-07-17, of Regina, is charged with Assault with a Weapon [267(a) CC]; Uttering Threats [264.1(1) CC]; Possession of a Firearm Knowing the Serial Number Has Been Tampered With [108(1)(b) CC]; and two charges of Possession of a Firearm Contrary to Prohibition Order [117.01(1) CC]. THOMPSON will make his first court appearance on these charges in Provincial Court at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2014.
