Charges have been laid in Chatham after a person used a boot as a weapon, according to police.
Around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, police were called to a disturbance on Erie Street south in Merlin.
When they got there, officers learned that a woman was in a verbal argument with a man, which escalated when the man allegedly threw a steel-toed boot at the woman.
After further investigation, police said there were other past incidents of assault.
The 39-year-old Chatham Kent man was arrested and charged with assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, break-and-enter and two counts of uttering threats.
