Charges have now been laid against the mother of a man charged in relation to a standoff with police who attempted to arrest him at a house in Trochu on the evening of June 28.
Three Hills RCMP allege that they were held at bay for five hours after a Trochu man who had been fired from his job at Trochu Motors told a relative that he wanted to kill former co-workers.
Chad Alain Frere, 38, was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, on charges of assault and uttering threats to cause bodily harm.
Charges were also laid against Frere’s mother, who is alleged to have barged through a police barrier in an attempt to aid her son.
Mary-Claire Frere, 59, is charged with obstruction of or resisting police, failing to stop or attempting to evade police and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
She was released after charges were laid and is to make her first appearance in Drumheller provincial court on Aug. 1.
Her son remains in custody pending a bail hearing on the same day.