The complainant told officers that a man approached him at his residence and threatened him while brandishing a bat.
Both men knew each other and there was no injury resulting from the incident, says a police report.
Police went on to arrest a 26-year-old resident of Charlottetown and will prepare a charge against him of assault with a weapon.
The accused man will be appearing in Provincial Court at a later date.
This is the second alleged attack with a bat this month.
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