A Port Hope, Ont., woman faces charges including assault following an incident in Cobourg, Ont., early Wednesday.
According to the Cobourg Police Service, just after midnight, officers responded to a report of an argument between a man and a woman that involved a weapon at an east-end address.
Police were told that during the argument, the woman threatened the man with a metal bar and charged at him.
A witness was able to take the bar away from the woman, who fled the scene. No injuries were reported.
Police located the suspect a short distance away.
A 30-year-old woman from Port Hope was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and failure to comply with probation.
She was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg for a bail hearing later Wednesday.