This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI
Known to law enforcement, 70-year-old Bert-Laird Crawford was apprehended on the evening of Thursday, November 7, after injuring two people with a hatchet in a Fabreville mobile home park located on Dagenais Boulevard West.
The armed assault occurred around 9 p.m., following a 911 call reporting a conflict between three people that risked escalating in this residential area on Dagenais Boulevard West, just west of Highway 13 and north of Highway 440.
Upon arrival, patrol officers from the Laval Police Service (SPL) found two women who had suffered minor injuries.
Both victims, also in their seventies, were not taken to the hospital as their condition was deemed non-life-threatening.
Shortly after, additional officers located the suspect nearby and arrested him after he had fled the scene.
It should be noted that the individual is currently on parole after serving a prison sentence for homicide in the Gatineau area.
Since then, the assailant has been held in custody and was interviewed overnight by SPL investigators.
The septuagenarian will appear in court on Friday, November 8, facing three charges: breaking and entering, armed assault, and uttering threats.
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