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Fredericton Independent · Aug 18, 2026

UPDATE: Stabbing suspect held for bail hearing

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Don MacPherson · Fredericton Independent

A man arrested after a stabbing and subsequent police operation that shut down an area of Fredericton’s north side Monday has been remanded pending a bail hearing.

The Justice Building in downtown Fredericton. (Photo: Don MacPherson/The Fredericton Independent)

Matthew Boone, 23, appeared by telephone in Fredericton provincial court from the city police station cellblock Tuesday morning and was charged with assaulting Roger Paul with a weapon (a Wenger Swiss knife) and with possessing that knife for a purpose dangerous to the public peace.

Crown prosecutor Jennifer Bueno objected to the defendant’s release, and Judge Lyne Raymond remanded him pending a bail hearing, to be held online on Wednesday.

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