It's not every day a police call involves bear mace, a machete and roommates gone wrong. But Monday was that day.

According to Reno Sgt. Jason Stallcop, Derek Edwards, 31, showed up at a room in the Sundance Motel, 850 N. Virginia St., and sprayed a container of bear mace at a man and two women inside, then blocked the entrance.

The male victim grabbed a machete and chased Edwards from the motel. He then ran into a nearby convenience store, took a container of milk and ran back to the motel to rinse himself and the two women who had been maced, according to police. He later returned and paid for the milk.

The next day, Edwards reportedly returned to the motel room and was asleep on the floor when one of the occupants called the police. Edwards was arrested without incident and booked into the Washoe County jail on charges of false imprisonment, battery and domestic battery.

Stallcop said Edwards was dating one of the victims when the incident occurred. Further details on the events that led up to that incident were not immediately released.

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