RCMP arrest hockey stick-wielding Airdrie man pretending to shoot at cars

An intoxicated man wielding a stolen hockey stickis facing several charges of mischief and causing a disturbance after being arrested in AirdrieTuesday night.

RCMP say they received multiple calls about a man destroying property in the city's Thorburn and Big Springs area around 5:30 p.m.

The man was drunk and on drugs, RCMPsay,when he smashed items in his own home then went outside and threw rocks at a parked vehicle before smashing a neighbour's fence.

He then went on to steala hockey stick and held it like a rifle, while pretending to shoot at passing cars.

RCMP arrested theman at the intersection of East Lake Boulevard and Thorburn Drive..

Warren Robert Eyapaise, 37, of Airdrie, Alta.,is charged with:

• Mischief over $5,000.
• Twocounts of mischief under $5,000.
• Theft under $5,000.
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
• Causing a disturbance.
• Breach of probation.

Eyapaise is scheduled to appear in an Airdrie courtroom on Sept. 21.