**** RCMP Media Release
Three charged with firearms offences after disturbance in Timberlea
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment has charged three people with firearms offences following a disturbance in Timberlea.
On June 6, just after midnight, members from the RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to an apartment complex on St. Margaret’s Bay Rd. after someone reported hearing a man yelling about having a gun.
Through investigation, officers identified a nearby parked vehicle as being involved. The two occupants, a 25-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man, were arrested for having open liquor in the vehicle. Police searched the vehicle and located a modified firearm, ammunition, and a small quantity of what is believed to be crystal methamphetamine.
A third suspect, a 31-year-old man, was located nearby and also safely arrested.
Dakoda Foeller, 31, Brian Christmas, 36, and Makayla Augustine, 25, have been charged with multiple weapons offences:
- Careless Use of a Firearm
- Unsafe Storage Contrary to Regulations
- Possession of Weapon for Dangerous Purpose
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Possession of a Firearm Knowing it is Unauthorized
- Unauthorized Possession in Motor Vehicle
- Possession of a Restricted or Prohibited Firearm with Ammunition
- Possession of a Firearm Obtained by the Commission of an Offence
Additionally, the following charges have been laid:
Dakoda Foeller
- Use of a Firearm in the Commission of an Offence
- Driving While Disqualified
- Possession Contrary to a Firearm Prohibition Order (two counts)
Brian Christmas
- Possession Contrary to a Firearm Prohibition Order
- Carrying a Concealed Weapon
Makayla Augustine
- Carrying a Concealed Weapon
Foeller and Christmas were remanded into custody, to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on June 10, at 9:30 a.m.
Augustine was released on conditions to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on July 3 at 9:30 a.m.
