A former NHL enforcer has been charged in what police say was an unprovoked assault on a taxi driver in Maple Ridge, B.C., final 12 months.
Maple Ridge RCMP mentioned 57-year-old Hyperlink Gaetz of Mission is accused of attacking the taxi driver within the metropolis on Sept. 17, 2025.
Police mentioned that at roughly 2:45 p.m. that day, Ridge Meadows RCMP, which is what the detachment was referred to as then, acquired stories of a taxi driver being assaulted close to the intersection of Sheldrake Courtroom and Fern Crescent.
When officers arrived on the scene, they realized that the motive force had picked up the suspect at an institution within the 12900 block of 232 Avenue.
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The motive force was close to the intersection of Sheldrake Courtroom and Fern Crescent when the suspect informed the motive force to cease and he started to assault him, police mentioned.
The sufferer’s face was injured as a result of a number of punches and the suspect additionally tried to interrupt the CCTV digital camera within the taxi after which broke the taxi’s windshield earlier than fleeing, police added.
A warrant has now been issued for Gaetz’s arrest.
He performed 65 video games within the NHL with Minnesota and San Jose, accumulating greater than 400 penalty minutes throughout that point.
Maple Ridge RCMP mentioned 57-year-old Hyperlink Gaetz of Mission is accused of attacking the taxi driver within the metropolis on Sept. 17, 2025.
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