Kingston Police automobiles on scene at Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge within the Cataraqui Woods Sq. plaza, situated on the north aspect of Princess Road simply east of Bayridge Drive, after somebody was assaulted with a knife on the night time of Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Photograph by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist.
A verbal altercation in a neighborhood bar turned violent when a type of concerned within the dispute stabbed one other one who tried to intervene, in response to Kingston Police.
Simply after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, Kingston Police and Frontenac Paramedics had been dispatched to a reported assault involving a weapon that occurred at “an establishment located in the area of Princess Street and Bayridge Drive.” The situation was Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge, situated within the purchasing plaza on the north aspect of Princess Road simply east of Bayridge Drive, the place plenty of Kingston Police automobiles and ambulances shortly pulled into the parking zone of the plaza instantly in entrance of the bar.
That night time, Frontenac Paramedics transported the sufferer to hospital, accompanied by a police escort, Kingston reporters noticed on the scene. It additionally appeared that somebody was arrested.
Kingston Cops communicate to at least one one other along side a Frontenac Paramedics ambulance out entrance of Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge.
Kingston Police on scene as they examine the assault after the sufferer had been transported to hospital.Photographs by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.
Based on a press launch from Kingston Police on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, their responding officers “located the victim who was suffering from injuries to their hand and torso after being assaulted with a knife.” Police additionally situated the accused assailant, whom police mentioned, “remained on scene after other patrons came to the aid of the victim.”
“Through the course of investigation, it was determined that the accused and another individual got into a verbal argument inside the establishment, resulting in the accused brandishing a knife,” Kingston Police mentioned.
“The victim attempted to interject and was subsequently assaulted by the accused.”
Police mentioned the sufferer was transported to hospital and handled for “serious injuries.” On account of their investigation, Kingston Police mentioned, a 53-year-old from Kingston was arrested and charged with:
Two counts of assault with a weaponPossession of a weapon harmful to public peaceCarrying a hid weapon
The accused particular person was taken to Kingston Police Headquarters the place they had been held for a bail listening to, in response to the discharge.
In response to Kingstonist inquiries, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, mentioned that the accused particular person and the sufferer are identified to at least one one other. As such, police should not figuring out the accused particular person to guard the sufferer’s identification, and likewise as a result of the assault was “an isolated incident,” Colangeli defined.
