A 25-year-old man was arrested last Saturday in the area of La Flèche (Maine-et-Loire) after violence committed against his family, announced Thursday night the national gendarmerie. A running chainsaw was displayed in front of the victims, who received death threats. Solicited, the gendarmes were also threatened on the spot by the young man equipped with the mechanical device.

Finally arrested, the suspect was prosecuted for death threats and violence with the use of a weapon against a person holding public authority.



He was sentenced by the judicial court to a sentence of 6 months of house arrest with electronic surveillance (wearing the electronic bracelet) and the payment of damages, says the national gendarmerie.

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