Yesterday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. police responded to a disturbance on the south side of Chatham. The man was in possession of two knives and while outside threatened two men near his apartment. The men were not injured.
The man was taken into custody and the knives were seized. A woman in the area came forward and disclosed that she had been assaulted by the man earlier in the month.
The 26-year-old Chatham man has been charged with assault with a weapon and being in possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. The man has been held in custody pending a bail hearing.