RCMP arrest man flashing fake gun in Morris Hospital

A Plum Coulee man has been accused of flashing a replica hand gun to threaten a woman inside Morris General Hospital and crashing to a highway sign while fleeing last week.

Morris RCMP were called to the hospital at 4:30 p.m. on May 5 after receiving a report of an armed man threatening a female, a March 6 news release said.

Mounties learned two adult women were arguing inside the hospital. A man, who was with one of the females, pulled out a hand gun and threatened the woman.

The two suspects later then left the hospital. RCMP received a second report minutes later that a pickup truck slammed into a Highway 75 sign north of Morris. The truck was abandoned, and the two people were fled on foot.

Officers from St Pierre Jolys and the police dog unit hunted for the suspects, who were found and arrested while walking on Morris’s Main Street.

An RCMP service dog located the replica hand gun nearby.

Plum Coulee resident Timothy Craig, 20, was charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon, using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

He was taken into custody.

A 39-year-old Emerson woman also faced charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting arrest and causing a disturbance. She was released on an undertaking.