A man is facing charges after breaking into a home and assaulting a man on Thursday.
On January 21st, at around 12:10 a.m. Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a home on 18th Street NW where the door had been kicked in, and a man claimed to be assaulted with a conducted energy weapon.
Officers determined that the suspect had entered the home while a man and woman were sleeping. When the man went downstairs, he was assaulted with a weapon and received minor injuries.
The suspect then fled and it was determined that the victim knew who the suspect was.
Police arrived at the home of the suspect and arrested 31-year-old Brandon Pratt. He is facing charges including unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, breaking, entering, and committing an offence, and failure to comply with a release order condition to not own, possess, or carry a prohibited weapon.
Pratt has been released and will appear in court.
