Police have charged a 17-year-old Kitchener youth after they responded to a weapons incident at a Kitchener mall over the weekend.
Police said they first received reports of a disturbance involving a male youth threatening a victim with a knife around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Park Mall.
Police said when they found the teen in the mall, he was uncooperative and began assaulting officers. They used a conducted energy weapon (CEW) to arrest him. Officers found a knife during the arrest.
The 17-year-old is charged with:
- Assault
- Possession of a prohibited weapon
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Assault with intent to resist
He is being held in police custody for a bail hearing.
There were no injuries.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call police.