Police have laid charges in relation to a weapons incident that occurred in Dartmouth

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**** HRP Media Release

Police lay assault with weapon charges

Police have laid charges in relation to a weapons incident that occurred in Dartmouth yesterday.

At approximately 6:25 p.m. police responded to a report of an assault that just occurred in the 0-100 block of Alderney Drive. A youth approached another youth who was not known to them, threatened them, and sprayed them with a sensory irritant. The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics.

Officers arrested the suspect in the area a short time later.

A 15-year-old youth is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial youth court today to face charges of:

  • Assault with a weapon
  • Uttering threats
  • Possession of a weapon dangerous to the public
  • Failure to comply with an undertaking

 

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