**** HRP Media Release
Police charge man with motor vehicle offences
Police have charged a man in relation to an incident involving a vehicle in Halifax yesterday.
At approximately 5 a.m. police responded to a report of an unwanted person call in relation to man in a vehicle at a drive thru on Kempt Road. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to stop and continued driving. Officers did not continue the pursuit due to safety concerns.
A short time later, the vehicle was located overturned on Barrington Street. Patrol officers and a K9 team attended and arrested two men who had fled from the vehicle.
The driver Logan Niles Pierro-Howe, 23, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:
- Impaired operation of a conveyance
- Impaired operation of a conveyance over 80mg
- Dangerous operation of a conveyance
- Assaulting a police officer
- Breach of an undertaking
- Flight from police
The second man was released without charges.
