A man is in custody and facing several charges after an alleged domestic assault that spilled into the hallway of a Central Lonsdale condo building.
The incident played out in a multi-family residence on the 100-block of West 22nd Street on Sunday. The man was clad only in underwear, according to residents of the building.
“The investigation is ongoing. There was an incident where a male was very distraught, smashing things around, talking in nonsense ways,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.
“He was highly agitated,” De Jong said. “We can’t diagnose and say it was a drug-induced psychosis because we’re not doctors, of course.”
It took several officers to subdue the man after he had allegedly assaulted three people, all of whom were known to him, and did damage to the strata building. No one was seriously harmed, De Jong said.
Crown counsel has sworn three charges of assault against Mandeep Ranga plus one count of mischief under $5,000, one charge of assault with a weapon as well as resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
Ranga is due in court Wednesday.
