A man has been sent for a psychiatric assessment after a strange incident last week.
Annapolis County Spectator reports staff at the NEEDS store on Main Street in Middleton called police to say a shirtless man was standing outside their store with a knife in one hand and a bible in the other. Police arrived and found the man who refused to drop his knife so he was tasered.
The man was checked out in hospital then taken before a juidge who ordered a 30 day psychiatric exam. He’s charged with assaulting police and weapons counts.
at a later date.
He’s been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault on a police officer, and assault with a weapon.