Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: At 8:50 p.m., police responded to an assault investigation on King Street East in Chatham.
Officers learned a youth was riding a scooter through a parking lot, when a man began to yell at them.
The man picked up a discarded piece of wood and threw it at the youth, resulting in minor physical injury.
The man was located a short distance away.
Officers also learned he was bound by release conditions, prohibiting him from being outside during that time and possessing any weapons.
The 50-year-old Chatham Kent man was arrested and transported to police headquarters, where he was held pending a bail hearing.
He has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and two counts of failing to comply with a release order.
