Hamilton man arrested in connection to assault on COVID-19 assessment centre worker
Published September 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm
A 44-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested in relation to an alleged assault of a COVID-19 assessment centre employee.
A 44-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested in relation to an alleged assault of a COVID-19 assessment centre employee.
In a press release issued Thursday (Sept 10), Hamilton Police said they were called to the Dave Andreychuk Arena, located at 25 Hester Street on the mountain on Wednesday shortly after 2:30 p.m. to reports of an assault.
Once on the scene, officers say they were informed about an incident that involved a man who had attended the facility for testing.
The man was reportedly not satisfied with the testing procedure and became irate with a staff member and shouted expletives. Due to his actions, the assessment was stopped and he was asked to attend another facility and the staff member walked away.
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The man is alleged to have continued to verbally accost her while throwing his cup at her. The cup struck the employee and she was covered with its contents. The man was a passenger in a vehicle which immediately fled the scene.
Through continued investigation, a residential address was identified for the man. Shortly before 4:30 p.m., police attended that location and spoke with him. As a result of the information available to police, he was arrested without incident and later released.
The man, who has not been identified, is scheduled to appear at the John Sopinka Courthouse in November to answer to the criminal charge of assault with a weapon.
The staff member was not physically injured in the incident.
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