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Fergus man charged with uttering threats, carrying concealed weapons

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Fergus man charged with uttering threats, carrying concealed weapons
Police say these weapons were taken from a Fergus man charged with causing a disturbance and uttering threats at a Fergus business on Aug. 2.
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FERGUS – A Fergus man faces threat and weapons charges after police say he caused a disturbance here earlier this week.

On Aug, 2 at about 12:20pm, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a disturbance in the parking lot of a business on Tower Street South in Fergus.

"Upon arrival officers observed an individual causing a disturbance and he was taken into custody," police stated in a press release.

Shawn Patrick Nelson, 41, of Fergus, was charged with causing a disturbance in public, carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of uttering threats and five counts carrying of a concealed weapon while unauthorized.

He was held for a bail hearing.

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