WELLAND, Ont. - A Niagara Regional Police officer has been suspended with pay after being arrested on multiple criminal charges.

Police say they were called to a home in Welland, Ont., Tuesday afternoon, where they arrested one of their colleagues.

Const. Wayne Brown is charged with break, enter and commit assault.

Police say Brown is a 15-year veteran of the force currently working as a uniformed patrol officer.

Brown was held in custody and was expected to be in court later Wednesday for a bail hearing.