The Weyburn Police Service laid assault charges on Sunday following an incident at a local residence. Officers received a report of an assault in progress, and upon investigation, a man was found to be highly intoxicated and arrested for assault with a weapon.
While the female victim did not sustain any injuries, Deputy Chief Shane St. John explains that any threat made while wielding a weapon is considered assault.
“When you use a weapon to threaten someone, that's still considered assault with a weapon. You don't have to physically, say, stab somebody with a knife. But you say you had a knife in your hand and you're threatening to harm them with that knife, there's been assaultive behavior.”
St. John continues to explain that a weapon is classified as anything picked up to be used in a threatening manner.
The man was taken and held in police custody until sober, then released under conditions.