Forty-two-year-old Warren Gavin, residing in Howley, faces charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest following an incident at his residence on March 17, 2020.
Deer Lake RCMP attended the residence to serve a court document. Officers were invited inside the home by Gavin and while attempting to explain the court order, he became angry, assaulted one of the officers and ran upstairs. Police located Gavin and informed him he was under arrest for assaulting a police officer. He resisted arrest and was taken into custody without further incident.
Gavin remains in custody at this time and is set to attend court today to answer to the charges.