Butcher’s knife, baseball bat spotted with suspect

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A Chatham man faces weapons charges after an incident on Wednesday.

Chatham-Kent Police Service officials say on March 15, a 38-year-old Chatham man attended a rooming house looking for accommodations.

The man was refused service and left.

Upon leaving the manager of the property witnessed the man to be in possession of a baseball bat and a large butcher’s knife and called police.

The man was located a short distance away and was found to have a large knife concealed in his waist band.

The 38-year-old man was found to be on two separate weapons prohibitions for violent offences and was arrested for two counts of Breach of Probation and Possession of a Concealed Weapon.

The man was held for a bail hearing.

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