A 16-year-old faces charges after allegedly coughing into a Flin Flon RCMP officer’s face and threatening him with COVID-19.
Police said they were called to a disturbance on Second Avenue in Flin Flon, where they were told a youth was armed with a knife and making threats against a homeowner.
The 16-year-old was arrested and in the process of being transported to the nearby RCMP detachment, police said, when he coughed into the officer’s face multiple times and made threats related to COVID-19.
He was arrested again at the detachment on charges of assaulting a police officer. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Although police believe the youth — who was released to his parents — didn’t actually have