Several charges after man uses baseball bat, golf club to threaten women

Happened outside an apartment building on Speedvale Avenue East A Guelph man faces assault and other charges after a woman was chased by a man brandishing a golf club. Just before 3 p.m. Monday police were called to an apartment building on Speedvale Avenue East. A woman reported a man known to her asked her for cigarettes, and when she refused he retrieved a baseball bat and smashed her window. The man then approached a second woman, also known to him, and began threatening her while banging the bat on the ground. He then dropped the bat and picked up a golf club, which he raised above his head while chasing the woman around the parking lot. Officers arrived a short time later and arrested him. A 66-year-old Guelph man is charged with assault with a weapon, mischief under $5,000, four counts of breaching probation orders and two counts of breaching bail conditions.