Hatchet throwing man faces charges: Guelph police
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A man is facing multiple charges after Guelph Police said a hatchet was thrown at another man during a fight.
Investigators said a man flagged down a taxi driver in the Silvercreek Parkway North area on the evening of July 30 and asked him to call police.
The man said he had been at a nearby encampment when he was approached by another man he knew and an argument broke out.
He said the other man pulled out a hatchet and threw it toward him, but missed. The victim ran to a nearby plaza, but the other man picked up the hatchet and followed him. The victim told police the man was also holding a machete and threatened to kill him.
Police arrested a 44-year-old man in downtown Guelph on Wednesday and charged him with two counts of assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and uttering threats.
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