A Lebanon, NH man has been arrested for First Degree Assault with a Deadly Weapon, reports the Lebanon Police Department.
At approximately noon on Saturday, December 7, 2019, officers received a call stating that a man was threatening citizens with an ax. Upon arriving to the scene, police spoke to 30-year-old Benjamin Cass who claimed to be the victim, and said the two suspects left in a vehicle.
An investigation into the matter found that Cass had threatened the two men with the ax, even cutting the neck of one of the victims. He then hid the ax in a trash can.
Cass has been arrested on counts of; First Degree Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Falsifying Physical Evidence, Unsworn Falsification, and Breach of Bail.
He was transported to the Grafton County House of Corrections to await arraignment.
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