Suspect arrested after hotel stabbing

A Geraldton man faces a number of charges following a recent hotel stabbing in that community.

|Officials with the Geraldton detachment of the OPP say they received a call about a disturbance at a hotel in Geraldtonon on Saturday, April 23.

Police say that officers at the scene learned that the victim had asked a man to leave the hotel. An altercation followed and the victim sustained minor injuries after being stabbed.

The suspect fled when police arrived.

Police say a 27-year-old Geraldton man has since been charged with several offences including: assault with a weapon; assault causing bodily harm; possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; carrying a concealed weapon; breach of probation.

The suspect remains in custody.