North Bay woman faces assault, weapon, drug charges after altercation at local business

An undated image of a North Bay Police Service vehicle parked in the city. (File photo/CTV News Northern Ontario)

A local woman is in custody following a weapons-related disturbance at a business on McIntyre Street West in North Bay, Ont., where police say a knife was allegedly displayed during a confrontation last week.

Altercation with stranger

Officers with the North Bay Police Service were called to the 200 block of McIntyre Street West around 4 p.m. on May 8 after reports of an incident at an accommodation business.

Police said that the accused entered the premises and attempted to make a purchase, at which point a verbal altercation broke out between the accused and the victim.

Authorities advised that the two individuals were not known to each other prior to the incident.

Police said the victim then asked the accused to leave the business.

“The accused then allegedly assaulted the victim and brandishing a knife,” police said in a news release.

Police intervened

Officers attended the scene and took a 37-year-old female into custody without incident.

Police said a subsequent search of the woman led to the seizure of a knife, brass knuckles and 0.6 grams of fentanyl.

Multiple charges

The accused has been charged with assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited weapon, drug possession, possession of property obtained by crime and failing to leave a premises when directed.

She was held in custody pending a “show cause” hearing.