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An abandoned 911 call landed a local man in court for charges of assaulting a peace officer. Brian Ey appeared in court Wednesday on two charges of willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer and two charges of assaulting a peace officer. Campbell River RCMP’s Const. Roff Polsky appeared in court as a Crown witness. He told court that he and Const. Keeley Deley went out to a trailer at 3782 Stokes Pl. shortly after 6 p.m. on Nov. 8 2010, after a 911 dispatcher received an abandoned 911 call. Polsky said that when the officers pulled up there was a large window and he saw a man who looked “agitated” inside. He later pointed out Ey in court
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when asked if he saw the man in question in the room. They went to the entrance of the trailer and the door was ajar, Polsky told court. “I heard yelling from inside the trailer,” Polsky said. He added that Ey became “enraged” when he saw the police officers. “I can say that that was one of the angriest people I’ve ever met. “I felt that he was about to attack me.” Polsky told court that he tried to arrest Ey and a struggle ensued. Another man was in the trailer, but did not get involved. “He was writhing and doing anything to get away from us,” Polsky told court. “The struggle that we had with this male was so intense.” Polsky said the incident happened fast, but he estimated it Continued on A6
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