Man arrested after warrant executed in Stratford

Stratford City Hall seen here on Feb. 4, 2021. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener)

A Stratford man is facing several charges after Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police executed a warrant.

The OPP and Stratford Police Service warned of a potentially heavy police presence on Downie Street on Wednesday around 11 a.m.

Police said the warrant was executed without incident and a 44-year-old Stratford man was arrested.

He has been charged with break and enter into a dwelling house, assaulting with a weapon, mischief, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and three counts of failing to comply with a release order.