Guelph man facing assault and weapon charges after verbal fight

A Guelph man is facing charges after he pulled out a knife during an argument.

Guelph Police were called to a townhouse complex near Fife Road at around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday. A resident told officers they saw two unknown men outside and went to talk to them. A verbal fight then broke out and one of the men allegedly pulled out a knife with a curved blade. The two suspects ran away after the resident called police.

Officers found one of the men not too far away from Fife Road and arrested him. They said he was carrying a drywall knife with a curved blade and a plastic brass knuckles-type weapon in his pocket.

A 33-year-old man from Guelph was charged with assault with a weapon, two counts of carrying a concealed weapon and two counts of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.