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Knife pulled on officers probing suspicious person report

Charges have been laid against 30-year-old man after police responding to a suspicious person report in Kincardine were threatened with a knife.

South Bruce OPP were called to a home on Highway 9 just after 8 a.m. on Sunday. Police were told a suspicious person had turned up on the property and was acting aggressively toward the homeowner.

Upon arrival, police were met by a person who brandished an edged weapon toward officers, police said.

The person was eventually taken into custody without injury.

A 30-year-old man from the Municipality of Kincardine is charged with one count each of assaulting police with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and four counts of failure to comply with probation.

The man appeared for a bail hearing and was remanded into custody, police said.

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