Teen charged in stabbing at Midnight Madness community event in Caledon

Police have charged a 15-year-old following a stabbing at the Midnight Madness community event in Caledon earlier this month.

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Aug. 11, the OPP says officers responded to a disturbance happening at Midnight Madness – a community event featuring food, live music and family-friendly activities.

Police say when officers arrived on the scene they found a man suffering from multiple knife wounds.

The man’s injuries were non-life threatening, police said.

Now, nearly two weeks after the stabbing, police say a 15-year-old from Caledon was arrested on Tuesday. Police have charged the teen with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

The accused was held for a Bail Hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orangeville. The boy’s identity cannot be disclosed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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Caledon Mayor Annette Groves thanked the OPP ‘for their swift action in apprehending the suspect” and said she knows the victim.

“As a personal friend of the victim’s family, I’m relieved justice will be served,” Groves said in a statement. “There is no place for violence in our town.”