Charges have been laid against a 38-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted an EMS worker that was taking him by ambulance from the Pine Creek First Nation hospital to Dauphin.
RCMP met the ambulance north of Winnipegosis late Monday morning, where they were notified of the alleged attack.
The suspect then approached officers with a pair of sheers, and then left the ambulance, eventually getting into a parked vehicle and attacking the driver.
A non-lethal weapon and two tasers were used at different times to eventually bring the suspect into custody.
After being treated in Dauphin, the man was released back into police custody.
Randy Nepinak of Pine Creek faces numerous charges, including assaulting a peace officer, assault with a weapon, and two counts of robbery with a weapon, resisting a peace officer, and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
One of the paramedics and the driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries.
