Police are asking the public's assistance in finding a man who allegedly sprayed three men with pepper spray before stabbing one in the neck with a pencil.
Twenty-three-year-old Harvey McNichol is being sought by police after the Sept. 9 incident on Pearl Street.
In addition to the pepper spray and stabbing incident, he then allegedly chased the victims with a knife as they fled to safety.
The victims were known to McNichol. He has no fixed address, but Greater Sudbury Police checked several residences for the accused, a press release noted.
McNichol is described as an Aboriginal man with brown eyes and short brown hair, about five-foot-ten tall, and around 150 pounds. He was described as wearing a white sweatshirt, white muscle shirt, jeans and a red hat that was worn backwards.
The accused is being sought on five charges of assault with a weapon, two charges of breach of probation, carrying a prohibited weapon, and carrying a concealed weapon.
The three men were taken to Sudbury Regional Hospital where the injured party was treated for his injuries and all three were decontaminated. All were released.
Anyone with information about the accused or this incident are asked to contact Greater Sudbury Police at 705-675-9171, or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers by phone at 705-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com, or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), starting with the word TIPSUD.
