Police had been searching for Tobias Charles Doucette since the incident at a hotel in Bridgewater, N.S., on Monday night
Doucette was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly struck an officer in the neck with an edged weapon as police responded to a domestic violence call. He was also charged with assault on his common-law partner.RCMP announced early Sunday that the Cape Breton man had been arrested without incident.
He was spotted by an RCMP dog and handler, but police say he escaped into nearby woods after allegedly stabbing the dog with a stick. On Saturday night, they reported another possible sighting – this time in Lunenburg County. RCMP urged people in the area of Conquerall Mills Road and Highway 3 to stay inside and keep their doors locked.Wilbert Marshall, the chief of Potlotek First Nation where Doucette is from, had pleaded on Thursday for the 31-year-old to turn himself in to the authorities.
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