Wanted Swift Current man arrested on multiple robbery, assault, firearms charges

A man wanted to face a number of charges that include robbery, serious assault and firearms offences has been arrested by Swift Current RCMP.

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Matthew Neufeld, 28, was arrested on Dec. 6 on his outstanding warrants and RCMP found ammunition and weapons when he was arrested, police said in a news release on Dec. 13

As a result, Neufeld is facing two additional charges — possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon — as well as the 18 other offences with which he was previously charged.

These are:

• Robbery with a firearm.
• Assault with a weapon.
• Careless use of a firearm.
• Pointing a firearm.
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
• Dangerously discharging a firearm.
• Six counts of failing to comply with probation order.
• Break and entering.
• Two counts of assault causing bodily harm.
• Theft over $5,000.
• Theft under $5,000.
• Wearing a disguise with the intent to commit an offence.

Many of these charges were also laid against Medicine Hat man Nicolas Belanger after a home was broken in Swift Current on Oct. 29 where two people were assaulted, cash and a vehicle was stolen. Belanger was arrested in Alberta on Nov. 19.

Neufeld is scheduled to appear in Swift Current Provincial Court on Dec. 18.

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