Peterborough Man Arrested For Assault After Hitting City Vehicle and Officer With a Stick and Headbutting a Bystander
/A 56-year-old Peterborough man is facing assault charges after an incident involving a by-law officer and a bystander on Sunday morning.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., officers were called to the area of Hunter Street East and Burnham Street about a disturbance. They learned the City of Peterborough by-law officers were conducting a regular patrol of James Stevenson Park and had asked a man to leave the area as tenting is not allowed on city property. As the by-law officers were leaving, the man approached them with a stick and started striking the by-law vehicle, breaking the windshield and denting the hood. The man also struck a by-law officer with the stick and headbutted a bystander when they tried to help. Officers located the man and took him into custody.
The man was arrested and charged with:
Assault
Assault with A Weapon
Mischief Under $ 5,000
