**** RCMP Media Release
Guysborough County District RCMP charge man with firearms offences
Guysborough County District RCMP has charged a man with firearms offences in Goldboro.
On February 17, 2023, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Guysborough County District RCMP responded to a report of an unwanted person at a home on Hwy. 316 in Goldboro. While responding, RCMP officers learned that the man may be in possession of stolen firearms, which would also place him in violation of a lifetime firearms prohibition order. Upon arrival at the home, RCMP officers safely arrested a 59-year-old man. He was held in custody overnight. RCMP officers also located and seized unsafely stored rifles, an unsafely stored shotgun and ammunition.
Thomas Arnold Jones, 59, of Goldboro, has been charged with:
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (3 counts);
- Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (3 counts);
- Possession of a Firearm While Prohibited;
- Possession of a Firearm Obtained by the Commission of an Offence;
- Theft under $5,000 (3 counts)
Jones has been remanded into custody and will appear in Antigonish Provincial Court on February 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
