A 29-year-old Surrey man faces multiple charges after allegedly assaulting transit police officers on a Burnaby SkyTrain platform.
Transit Police approached the man at about 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 29 after they spotted him holding an open bottle of cider and carrying a six pack of additional ciders, according to a press release.
As the officers approached, police say the man smashed the six pack on the floor and began to fight with them, slapping one officer in the face and grabbing the groin area of another.
During his arrest, the suspect spat in one officer’s face, according to police.
In custody it was determined the man was wanted on a Surrey RCMP warrant for Domestic Assault.
Charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of willfully resisting a police officer is Adam Brad Waters.
Waters has made his first court appearance and was released on an undertaking with conditions that include not to being found on any SkyTrain or station.
The transit officers suffered no significant injuries, according to the Transit Police press release.
