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Man arrested for trio of Thompson road rage incidents

45-year-old suspect is accused of throwing a cup of coffee at a vehicle whose driver honked at him, assaulting or threatening two drivers and punching another car’s passenger side mirror while driving.
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A 45-year-old Thompson man is charged with assault, uttering threats, mischief and careless driving in connection with three road rage incidents in February and March.

A 45-year-old Thompson man has been arrested and charged with several offences related to incidents of road rage in the past week and in February.

The most recent incident occurred on the afternoon of March 4, when a driver stopped on Thompson Drive  to allow pedestrians to cross the road. The man came up behind her at a high rate of speed in his vehicle and began yelling at the pedestrians before directing his anger at the woman who had stopped her car to let them cross. The man assaulted and threatened the other driver and also damaged her passenger side mirror.

Three days earlier, around 4 p.m. March 1, the suspect got out of his vehicle and threatened another driver who had honked at him for being illegally parked on the roadway on Thompson Drive. The man got out of his vehicle and threatened the driver who had honked, hitting their vehicle with his fists. When the victim drove away, the suspect followed him, honking his horn at him and driving erratically.

On Feb. 10, a driver on Thompson Drive honked his horn at another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle rolled down his window and threw a cup of coffee at the other vehicle. As the vehicles were moving, the suspect began punching the passenger side mirror of the victim’s vehicle.

The man who was arrested on March 5, who was not identified by police in a March 6 press release, is charged with assault, three counts each of mischief and uttering threats, and with driving carelessly under the Highway Traffic Act. He was released from custody on an undertaking with conditions.

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