**** RCMP Media Release
Annapolis District RCMP charge man in multiple incidents
Annapolis District RCMP has charged a man involved in multiple incidents, who was also wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant.
On September 23, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Annapolis District RCMP and, fire, responded to a report of a side-by-side, that was upside down and on fire, on the side of Hwy. 101 in Lawrencetown. Once the fire was extinguished, RCMP officers learned that the side-by-side had been stolen from a property on Station Rd. in Lawrencetown and that the driver, a 38-year-old Porters Lake man, had been picked up by a grey GMC pickup truck, which was heading east on Hwy. 101. Further 911 calls were received of the pickup truck driving dangerously and at high speeds on Hwy. 101.
At approximately 2:10 p.m., Kings District RCMP officers located the GMC pickup, on fire, in a field off Commercial St. in Berwick. The fire department responded and the fire was extinguished. RCMP officers located a man and a woman nearby and, the man, who initially resisted arrest, was safely arrested after a short struggle with an officer. RCMP officers later learned that the man was also wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant for incidents in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Jonathan Boudreau, 38, of Porters Lake, has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Resisting Arrest and Failure to Comply with Conditions of a Release Order. Boudreau was remanded into custody and will appear in Kentville Provincial Court on October 3, 2023.
