Posted on 10/24/2011, 9:48 am, by mySteinbach

Just before 1:30am on October 23, 2011, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP Detachment were advised of an assault that had just occurred inside a Dauphin bar.

The accused was arrested by officers without incident as he was leaving the bar.

Investigators learned that following a dispute between the victim and another patron, the accused approached the victim and struck him with a beer bottle. The victim was not seriously injured.

25-year-old Joseph Anthony Sass of Thompson has been charged with assault With a weapon and three counts of breach of recognizance. Sass has been remanded in custody to appear in court in Dauphin.