NORTHAMPTON – Police arrested a homeless man at the Walter Salvo House for allegedly assaulting another person with a machete on Tuesday. No one was seriously injured.
Steven W. Hanlon, 59, who police say lives on the streets of Northampton, was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon by Northampton Police.
Police were called to the Conz Street building at 11:34 p.m., for a report that a male had threatened someone with a machete. Police say they were told that Hanlon got into an altercation another person and that he allegedly grabbed a large machete and lunged at the victim with the machete raised.
The Walter Salvo House is a Northampton Housing Authority property.
Bera Dunau can be reached at bdunau@gazettenet.com.