A 57-year-old man was arrested in downtown St. Catharines after a fight over rental repairs.
Niagara Police were called yesterday afternoon, shortly before 3:30 p.m., to reports of an armed person in the downtown area.
Police arrived in the area of St. Paul Street and James Street and were told a man, armed with a knife, had been involved in a dispute with a woman and man.
Police say it was a landlord/tenant argument over repairs, and things escalated when the man pulled out a knife.
Officers found the suspect a short distance away, and when he resisted arrest, officers used a conducted energy weapon, also known as a taser, to make the arrest shortly after 4 p.m.
57-year-old Alain Joseph Cloutier of St. Catharines is charged with Assault with a Weapon.
Cloutier will appear for bail hearing today.