2 days ago
Man charged in dispute involving a knife: SPS
A man is facing charges after a dispute involving a knife in Sarnia.
On Thursday around 10 p.m., the Sarnia Police Service was called to the Suncor Docks on St. Clair Parkway with reports of a man with a knife.
According to police, a 48-year-old woman and her 14-year-old son went to Sarnia from London to fish.
The pair was originally fishing at the south end of the dock, when the son decided to move and find a better spot. Officers said when he did that, a man came up to him, and said he should fish somewhere else.
The man allegedly pulled a knife on the boy. The boy told his mother, who confronted the man. The SPS said the knife was pulled again and the suspect put it to his own neck, making a threatening gesture, and pointed it at the woman and 'charged at her for a short distance.' The woman backed away, tripping over an anchor and hitting her head.
Police found the man nearby and arrested him without incident. A 12-inch fishing knife was recovered.
No injuries were reported other than the victim's head injury, which she refused paramedic assistance for.
A 69-year-old man of Scotch Pine Gate Mississauga is now facing charges for assault with a weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon.
