Altona Police officers dealt with a series of assault cases to start the week.

The first incident took place Sunday and resulted in four women facing assault charges. Around 6:30 a.m., Altona police were called to assist ambulance crews at an apartment complex on Maple Bay where an assault with a baseball bat had taken place.
    
A 13-year-old youth is facing charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. A 17-year-old female has been charged with assault and failing to comply with an undertaking. Police also charged one adult female with possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, assault with a weapon and assault.

An 18-year-old woman was taken to the Altona hospital with an upper body injury. She was then transferred to a hospital in Winnipeg for tests. She has since been released from hospital and has also been charged with assault and breach of a probation order.

Meantime, a Morris man is set to return to Altona court after threatening a Federal Crown attorney.

The 24-year-old took a step towards the woman and used threatening language as she was leaving the courtroom this past Monday. The incident unfolded after a provincial judge delivered a guilty verdict in a case where a youth had been charged with trafficking methamphetamine. The adult man was taken into custody and has been charged with uttering threats and has been released on an undertaking with several conditions.

And then on Tuesday just before midnight, officers were called to a home over allegations of domestic assault. Police were told that a 41-year-old Altona man had hit his common law wife and threatened her with a knife. He has been charged with assault and assault with a weapon.

Finally, members of the Altona Police Service remind residents to remain vigilant against telephone and email scams.

The latest scenario has people believe they won a Mega Million Lottery, which sounds similar to a lottery currently taking place in Manitoba. The scammers claim the victim has won millions of dollars and they just need an account number to deposit the money. The fraudsters will then try and lay claim to their percentage (1.9 per cent) of the winnings, taking that amount from the victim's account. Police advise that if you win a lottery, there is no percentage of the winnings given to anyone involved with the lottery.
    
You can protect yourself by hanging up your phone or deleting the email and going to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online to register your complaint.

Meantime, Altona police say reports of the Canada Revenue Agency Scam continue to come in.