A man who allegedly tried to outrun a police dog was treated at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Photo: Michelle Kroll.
A man who allegedly tried to outrun a police dog has been arrested in Wagga Wagga, while in a separate incident, another man has been found hiding in an Ashmont roof and charged following a serious assault in the city.
Man allegdly fails to outrun police dog
At about 5 pm on Thursday (23 July) officers attached to the Riverina Police District and NSW Police Force Dog and Mounted Command attempted to arrest a 30-year-old man at Ashmont over alleged outstanding offences.
The man allegedly attempted to outrun a police dog, but failed.
He was treated at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital before being charged with a NSW Parole Board warrant, detention applications, intimidation (DV), breach of bail and resisting arrest.
He appeared before Bail Division Court 5 on Friday (24 July).
Man found hiding in roof after alleged serious assault
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a 32-year-old man has been arrested following an alleged serious assault at Ashmont earlier this month.
At about 2:10 pm on Tuesday 14 July emergency services responded to an address in Ashmont, where a 40-year-old man had suffered a significant head injury.
He was taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
A crime scene was secured and an investigation commenced.
At about 4:15 pm on Tuesday (21 July), investigators located a 32-year-old man hiding in the roof of a house in Ashmont.
He was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he was charged with wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and specially aggravated enter dwelling with intent to wound.
The man was refused bail and is due to appear at Wagga Wagga Local Court in September.
