**** HRP Media Release
Police charge man with weapons offences
Police have charged a man for weapons and impaired driving offences in relation to an incident that occurred on the weekend.
At approximately 11:10 a.m. on April 17, police responded to a report of a possible impaired driver in a parking lot in the 100 block of Kearney Lake Road in Halifax. Officers stopped the vehicle; however, it then fled at a high rate of speed and crashed a short distance away. Officers arrested the driver and seized a loaded handgun. No one was injured during the incident.
Andrew Jason Hudder, 34, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:
- Careless use of a firearm
- Unsafe storage contrary to regulations
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Carrying a concealed weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition
- Tampering with a serial number
- Possession of weapons contrary to a prohibition order (x 4)
- Operation of a conveyance while impaired
- Flight from police
- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
- Refusal of breath demand
