In what seemed like something out of The Walking Dead, Guelph police arrested a man on Tuesday morning allegedly carrying a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.
Officers arrested the 24-year-old man in the downtown core at around 8 a.m.
Police said the man had been released from custody in January and was under a court order to not carry any weapons.
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The previous charges include three counts of theft, four counts of breaching his probation and assault.
While searching the man, the service said officers found an eight-inch steak knife in his bag.
The knife and the barbed-wire bat were both seized by police and the man was charged with two counts of failing to comply with a judicial release order.
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He will make a court appearance in December.
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