Alberta Mounties say a delivery man who was simply trying to drop off a fridge, a washer and a dryer ended up getting punched and threatened with a rifle over the appliances.
The confrontation happened on Dec. 4 at a rural residence near Sundre in central Alberta.
The delivery driver had gone to the wrong address then parked his truck on the side of a road and called the customer, said Cpl. Gina Slaney.
Soon after, the customer drove up and gave the driver a new address but he was told that was impossible.
“You can’t just change the delivery address,” Slaney said Tuesday.
“[The delivery man] said there had to be processes put in place in order for [the customer] to do that.”
Things escalated quickly.
Slaney said the customer allegedly opened the truck door, punched the driver two or three times, then went back to his vehicle and returned with a long gun, threatening to kill the driver if the appliances didn’t go where he wanted.
The delivery driver managed to flee in his truck. He was not seriously hurt.
A 31-year-old man from Sundre was arrested at his home, where RCMP said officers seized 16 firearms and a large amount of ammunition.
The suspect faces 14 charges, including assault and extortion with a firearm.
