A suspect wanted in connection to a pair of assaults in Deseronto has been captured.
Lennox and Addington OPP say Joseph Badour was arrested Thursday morning with the help of OPP Emergency Response Team and Tactis and Rescue Unit. He had been on the run from the police since Monday, when police responded to a St. George Street residence regarding a family dispute. Police had warned the public not to approach the suspect if they saw him, considering him to be armed and dangerous.
According to witnesses, an altercation took place between three people on May 24 when two of them attended the residence to evict the accused from a family residence. During the altercation, the accused assaulted the two other people with a knife and a hammer causing injuries to both before fleeing the scene on foot.
The injured parties were treated and released from hospital.
As of Monday, the same accused was believed to have been behind a May 21, 2021 incident, also in Deseronto, where a fire extinguisher was used to assault three people in a vehicle.