A 13-year-old Peterborough boy is facing multiple charges following a disturbance at Lansdowne Place Mall in Peterborough on Friday afternoon (January 2).
Peterborough police say officers were called to the mall at around 4:15 p.m. on Friday after a confrontation between two groups of youths that began outside the mall and continued inside before being broken up by mall security. By the time officers arrived, several of those involved had fled the area.
Police later located several of the young people a short distance away who matched descriptions provided to officers, and identified a 13-year-old boy in the group as having earlier threatened another young person.
Officers took the boy into custody and searched his backpack, where they located and seized a knife. Police say the accused teen was bound by a peace bond requiring him to keep the peace and be of good behaviour, and had been prohibited from trespassing on mall property.
As a result of the investigation, the 13-year-old was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and disobeying a court order.
The accused youth was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on February 10.
