Grey Bruce OPP have laid Assault With a Weapon charges in Georgian Bluffs after a man reportedly threw a claw hammer through a car window.
Police say on November 19th just before 6:30 p.m. they were dispatched to an incident on Highway 21 near Concession 7, in the Township of Georgian Bluffs.
OPP say two vehicles on Highway 21 were involved in what they describe as an ‘interaction.’
One of the vehicles stopped ahead of the other. According to police, the driver got out of his vehicle and threw a claw hammer through the front window of the other vehicle as it approached, hitting an occupant in the chest and causing broken glass to fall on several people inside the vehicle.
OPP say the victims were treated at hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Grey Bruce OPP have charged a 29 year old Allenford man with the following offences:
Three counts of assault with a weapon, section 267(a) Criminal Code of Canada (CC)
Mischief under $5,000., section 430(4) CC
Mischief – destroys or damages property, section 430(1)(a) CC