A 29-year-old Lindsay man is facing an attempted murder charge after a violent stabbing incident on Monday (March 3), just over a week after he had been released from custody.
At around 4:15 a.m. on Monday, officers with the Kawartha Lakes Police Service went to a Lindsay apartment complex to assist paramedics who were responding to a 52-year-old man who had had shown up at an apartment with a head injury.
Although the head injury was initially reported to have resulted from the man falling on ice, the paramedics determined the injury was not consistent with a fall but instead was a stab wound.
The victim was transported to the Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay with life-threatening injuries. Two days later, he was later airlifted to a trauma centre where he remains in critical condition.
As a result of the police investigation, officers were seeking a male suspect when they spotted him in the area of Queen Street and Lindsay Street North at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday (March 5). Upon seeing police, the suspect fled the area on foot. After officers contained the area, they located the suspect hiding underneath a parked vehicle.
The accused man was arrested and taken into custody without incident.
Investigation revealed that the accused man had been released from custody on February 20 and was bound by conditions on four separate probation orders. At the time of his arrest, he was also the subject of two outstanding warrants for failing to meet the conditions of his probation, theft under $5,000, and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
Police have charged 29-year-old Michael Thomas of Lindsay with attempted murder and four counts of breach of probation. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay.
The Kawartha Lakes Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Branch is continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any information which may assist in the investigation are asked to call police at 705-324-5252. To submit an anonymous tip, contact Kawartha Haliburton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.khcrimestoppers.com.
