Brandon RCMP attended to a disturbance call over the weekend, resulting in a total of 8 charges against a 21-year-old man.
Officers responded to this call on the 1300 block of 8th Street in the community where they witnessed a man throw a .22 caliber sawed-off rifle out of his back door.
A woman who lived at the home said she had been hit several times in the face by the man whom police saw discarding the firearm.
Police later discovered that the 21-year-old was breaching a 24-hour curfew which required him to be at a completely separate address in Brandon.
Between this, the reported assault, and the casual throwing of a modified firearm, the 21-year-old received charges of possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of assault and three counts of failing to comply with a release order.
He remains in custody and is expected to appear in court Sunday.
