Halifax Regional Police have charged a man in relation to a stabbing that occurred in Dartmouth earlier this year.

On September 28 at approximately 10:40 p.m., police responded to a report of a stabbing at an apartment building on Primrose Street, in Dartmouth. Investigators located a 61-year-old man who had been stabbed by another man who was known to him. The man was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Last night officers arrested the suspect in Dartmouth while investigating an unrelated incident.

Ryan Sherman Cordell Smith, 33, is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:

• Aggravated assault
• Assault with a weapon
• Possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace

Via HRP