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Charges laid after stabbing in Lindsay

KAWARTHA LAKES-A Lindsay woman is facing charges after a man was stabbed in Lindsay.

According to police on October 7, 2019 at 6:45pm two women who live adjacent to each other on Russell Street west in Lindsay, began arguing at the front of their homes.  A male acquaintance of one of the women heard the argument and allegedly attempted to intervene to calm the situation.  One of the women produced a knife and began waving it at the man.  Police say the woman thrust the knife towards the man, cutting his hand in the process.

The woman who brandished the knife was arrested and has been charged with uttering a threat to cause death, possession of a prohibited weapon and assault with a weapon.  She will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice, located at 440 Kent Street west in Lindsay on December 5, 2019.

The male victim did not require medical attention for the small wound on his hand.  In order to protect the identity of the victim and witness of this incident, the identity of the accused person is not being released.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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