3 awoke to break-in at south end apartment
42-year-old man had a knife but no one was injured
CBC News
Posted: Mar 17, 2013 2:24 PM AT
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2013 6:26 PM AT
No one was injured after three people in south end Halifax awoke Saturday morning to find a man standing inside their kitchen holding a knife.
At 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, police went to an apartment in the 1500 block of South Park Street. The people in the apartment reported that a man in his 40s had broken in.
They said the suspect didn't say anything or cause them physical harm.
After seeing the man holding a knife in their kitchen, the two 21-year-old women and the 20-year-old man living in the apartment ran back into a bedroom and called police.
The suspect ran away.
When officers arrived a few minutes later they found the weapon.
Using the description provided by the people in the apartment, police located and arrested a 42-year-old man without incident near the scene.
The man is facing charges of break and enter and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.
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