Man charged in Facebook speeding video arrested at Swan River radio station
The man who was charged after allegedly posting a video to Facebook of himself driving 190 km/h down a Manitoba highway had another run in with the law on Tuesday.
The man had to be forcibly removed from a radio station in Swan River after showing up irate and demanding to see a man who had interviewed him the day before.
CJSB FM news director Riley Laychuk interviewed the man Monday afternoon after hearing about the charges and the Facebook video.
"I used some of his comments in a story in the afternoon, and I guess something must have upset him. I'm not entirely sure what happened. He ended up leaving us three voice mails that night basically all of them full with swear words that he had some things to settle with me and that he was going to come to the radio station in the morning to hopefully talk to me, putting it nicely," said Laychuk.
The man did show up Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., he said.
"The staff wasn't expecting him, and they came back and got me and said, 'There's this guy here to see you, and I said, 'Oh no. Oh no. You're not letting him back," said Laychuk. "He was trying to get through the door already. I could hear them yelling at him to stay back. They were keeping him at bay."
Laychuk called RCMP and told them he needed help.
Officers arrived to station and arrested the man. They later released him and told Laychuk they told him to stay away from the station and its staff.
"It was scary. Nothing compares. I was frightened. I was legitimately terrified," said Laychuk. "I was assuming that worst case, there would be some sort of physical confrontation. That's what my worst fear was. That's why I was trying to tell them, 'Don't let him through the door.' I was scared. I was shaking."
CBC contacted RCMP to find out if charges will be laid in this case, but they have not yet responded.
