Man charged with aggravated assault and arson on Bridge Street will have bail hearing Wednesday

By Peggy Revell on November 1, 2017.

Medicine Hat News

It was a brief court appearance Tuesday for a man charged with aggravated assault and arson following a residential fire where one woman was hospitalized.

Legal counsel for Chad Stadnicki requested an adjournment to Wednesday for a bail hearing for the 41-year-old man, who remains in custody at the Medicine Hat Remand Centre.

Police reported Monday that the 32-year-old female victim remains in hospital, having suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries as a result of the fire.

The woman was taken to hospital Friday after police, fire and emergency services responded to the 1100 block of Bridge Street after 6 p.m.

That night, police blocked off the street while firefighters extinguished the blaze. The residence sustained major damage from the fire, estimated at approximately $100,000.