Treaty Three Police say they had to use a taser in order to de-fuse a domestic situation on the Wabaseemung First Nation.
Police were called out just before midnight on June 18th to a home on Whitedog.
Officers say they witnessed man holding a weapon to a woman's neck.
They entered the house and told the man to drop his weapon.
He refused and as a result, the suspect was tasered.
He was taken into custody without injury.
32 year old William Boyd has been charged with assault with a weapon,
possession of a weapon, uttering threats and forcible confinement.
He's due to appear in Kenora Court later this morning.