Peterborough Man Arrested After Knife Waved At Security Guards: Police

Posted November 17, 2021 12:39 pm

A Peterborough man was arrested after security guards were threatened with a knife on Tuesday afternoon.

Around 2:30 p.m., Peterborough Police Service officers responded to reports that a man was threatening security guards in the area of Lansdowne Street and Monaghan Road.

Police say two security guards had asked a group of people to leave the area when one of them allegedly threatened and waved a knife at the guards.

Investigators located the suspect a short distance away.

William Harris, 20, of Peterborough was arrested and charged with two counts each of assault and uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm and one count of failure to comply with a release order.

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He was later released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 1, police said Wednesday.

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