A 27-year-old man from Amherst, Nova Scotia, was arrested early in the morning on March 24, 2026, after a disturbance at a downtown residential building. Avery Grassing was taken into custody by Amherst Police shortly before 3:00 AM following reports of threats and property damage.
According to the Town of Amherst, officers found that a door had been damaged at the property. When police arrived to arrest Grassing, he allegedly resisted the officers and spat in the face of one of them.
Grassing was already under court release conditions at the time of the incident. He now faces six charges, including uttering threats to cause death, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, mischief under $5,000, and two counts of failing to follow his previous court orders.
The suspect was held in custody and appeared in court on March 24, 2026. The town is located in Cumberland County near the New Brunswick border and has a population of about 9,400 residents, with the downtown area centered around historic Victoria Square.
