Man charged with assaulting Regina police officers

Regina police have charged a man who allegedly took a couple of swings at officers Saturday morning.

On Monday, police said officers were dispatched Saturday at around 11:40 a.m., to the 1200 block of Wascana Street for a report of an assault. Police were told a man had been assaulted by another man in the east alley of Wascana Street.

An officer saw the suspect walking on Seventh Avenue near King Street and approached him. According to police, the man “began cursing and swung his fist at the officer, knocking off the officer’s sunglasses.”

The officer got the man to the ground, but the suspect kept fighting until he was taken into custody.

“After being escorted to a detention cell, after officers removed his handcuffs, the suspect punched an officer on the chin as the door to his cell was being closed,” a release from police said.

The 42-year-old man was charged with two counts of assaulting a peace officer and one count of assault causing bodily harm. He was released on an undertaking to appear in Provincial Court on Jan. 24.