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Man found sleeping in Saskatoon parking lot arrested

A man allegedly assaulted security guards when they woke him after finding him sleeping in a parking lot.
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Security guards found a man sleeping in the parking lot in the 100 block of 1st Avenue North Friday.

SASKATOON – A 33-year-old man faces assault, drug, and weapons offences after a man was attacked in the 100 block of 1st Avenue North Friday.

Saskatoon police say that at about 6:30 a.m. officers responded to a disturbance. Security guards reported that a man was found sleeping in the parking lot and he allegedly assaulted security guards when they woke him.

The 37-year-old victim detained the suspect until police arrived and arrested the man. Police say the man had two knives, a collapsible baton, methamphetamine, and hydromorphone on him.

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