Intimate Partner Assault
A 42-year-old Wallaceburg man has been arrested and charged after a woman reported that she was assaulted the day before.
Chatham-Kent police allege the woman was punched, choked, and threatened with a hammer at an undisclosed location in Wallaceburg on Thursday afternoon.
The accused faces the following charges:
Assault
Assault Causing Bodily Harm – Choke, Suffocate or Strangle
Assault With a Weapon
Uttering Threats to Cause Death or Bodily Harm
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Break and Enter
Break and enter charges have been laid against a 35-year-old Blenheim man after an alarm went off at a building on Queens Line in Chatham.
Chatham-Kent police say the building’s windows had been smashed and a door had been forced open on Thursday. A man was found inside.
Officers later determined that the man was under mental and physical distress and he was taken to the hospital for medical care.