Huntsville woman confronted by knife-wielding stranger in backyard

Huntsville woman confronted by knife-wielding stranger in backyard

A 48-year-old Huntsville man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to assault with a weapon and uttering death threats in connection with an incident in which he threatened a woman in her backyard with a knife. Court heard that on June 30, 2026, Ontario Provincial Police received a call from a woman reporting an unknown man in her backyard carrying a knife. The woman had been letting her dog outside when she encountered th…