Sault Ste. Marie police charged a 59-year-old Echo Bay man with assault Tuesday. On Aug. 25, officers responded to a report of an assault outside a business on Tancred Street where an investigation revealed the man struck and headbutted a victim following a verbal altercation, police said in a news release Oct. 7. The victim and the man are not known to one another. The accused attended the police services building and was arrested on the strength of a warrant, police said. The man has been charged with assault and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 4, 2027.
