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Philip Szostak was arrested in connection with a mid-summer...
Philip Szostak was arrested in connection with a mid-summer...
handout photoPhilip Szostak was arrested in connection with a mid-summer knifing.
Beer store slasher arrest
By staff
News
Nov 02, 2009
A man wanted in connection to a knifing at a central Mountain beer store has been picked up by the Hamilton police fugitive apprehension unit.
Philip Lee Szostak, 27, was wanted for aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, four breaches of probation and other weapon-related charges after an Aug. 14 incident where a man was slashed with a knife outside an Upper James Street beer store.
Acting on a tip, officers arrested Mr. Szostak at a home in Binbrook Saturday night.
Philip Lee Szostak, 27, was wanted for aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, four breaches of probation and other weapon-related charges after an Aug. 14 incident where a man was slashed with a knife outside an Upper James Street beer store.
Acting on a tip, officers arrested Mr. Szostak at a home in Binbrook Saturday night.

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