Man charged in incident related to Brantford murder

A Brantford man has been charged with uttering threats in connection with the city’s first homicide of the year.

Joel Scalzo, of Brantford, was arrested Thursday night in a multi-force take down spearheaded by Brantford police.

The 28-year-old was located in a vehicle travelling on Highway 403 around 6:30 p.m.

Police say the charge stems from an incident that occurred Jan. 1 and is related to the Jeffery Maxner homicide investigation.

Maxner was fatally shot just steps from Branford General Hospital around 5 p.m. on New Year’s Day.

No one has been arrested for his murder.