Knife used to allegedly threaten University of Guelph employee

A Guelph man was arrested after police said he allegedly pulled a knife on a University of Guelph employee Thursday afternoon.

Guelph Police said they were called to an unspecified spot on the university’s campus for reports of a suspicious man at around 1:30 p.m. An employee told police she asked a man about the ownership of a bicycle, before he allegedly took out a knife and waved it at her while threatening her.

Police said Campus Safety Office members went to the scene and detained the man before police arrived. Staff told police they took a yellow box-cutter and an ice maker away from the man that they believe were stolen recently from a business nearby.

Police said after they arrived they arrested the man and took him to a police station, where they said he was not cooperative and was threatening to hurt an officer.

A 41-year-old man from Guelph was charged with assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of uttering threats, theft under $5,000, possessing stolen property and two counts of breaching a probation order.