Portland man charged for assaulting cop, possession of fake gun

A Portland man was charged on Saturday for attempting to flee custody after taking cops to his yard where he had buried a fake gun.

Charged with possession of an imitation firearm, escaping custody, assaulting a constable, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm is 58-year-old farmer, Winston Ward, also known as 'Wardie,' from Long Road district in Manchioneal.

According to reports from the Manchioneal police, about 5:30 p.m., Ward, who was already in custody on charges of possession of a prohibited weapon and assault at common law, informed officers that he wished to surrender the firearm he had used during a previous incident, claiming that it was an imitation.

Ward was subsequently escorted by the police to an area in his yard, where he retrieved an imitation firearm and handed it over to the officers. 

However, according to the police, Ward then pushed one of the officers and attempted to flee the area on foot.

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He was later apprehended, taken back into custody, and officially charged with the additional offences. 

His court date is currently being arranged.