**** RCMP Media Release
UPDATE: Michael Sinton arrested and remanded into custody
Michael Sinton, who was the subject of a province-wide arrest warrant in Nova Scotia has been arrested and remanded into custody.
On November 22, 2021, Colchester County District RCMP responded to a report of a man who was making threats to harm a woman known to him and threats to harm himself. Police learned that the man was believed to be in possession of a firearm and had driven into the woods in Nuttby on a green ATV.
After an extensive search of the Nuttby area by Colchester County District RCMP, Nova Scotia RCMP Emergency Response Team and RCMP Police Dog Services, the suspect, Michael Sinton, 27, of Upper Brookside, was not located.
Colchester County District RCMP has continued to investigate the matter and sought assistance from the Durham Regional Police Service. On January 13, 2022, Durham Regional Police located Sinton and arrested him without incident. On January 16, two RCMP officers traveled to Oshawa, Ontario, where they took custody of Sinton and returned him to Nova Scotia.
Sinton appeared in Truro Provincial Court yesterday and was remanded into custody. He will return to Truro Provincial Court on January 25, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., where he faces over 30 charges related to intimate partner violence and other criminal code offences.
The RCMP would like to thank the public for the information they provided and partner agencies who assisted in the investigation.
