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RCMP charge wanted man and seize drugs
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment’s Community Action Response Team (CART) has charged a Lower Sackville man and seized drugs after he failed to attend court.
On June 21, RCMP CART observed a man, wanted for failing to attend court, driving a Honda Ridgeline on the Bedford Hwy. RCMP officers safely arrested the man when he parked and exited the vehicle in a nearby parking lot.
During a search of the vehicle and of the man, RCMP officers located and seized cocaine, more than 40 prescription tablets, cash, and two baseball bats.
Frank George Duffy, 56, has been charged with:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance (two counts)
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
- Failure to Comply with a Court Order (Five Counts)
Duffy appeared in court and was remanded into custody. He will return in Dartmouth Provincial Court today.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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RCMP charge a man following an assault with a weapon in Eastern Passage
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment has charged a man involved in an assault in Eastern Passage.
Yesterday, at approximately 11:45 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a report of an assault on Government Wharf Rd. RCMP officers learned that two men and a woman were on the deck of a fishing boat when an intoxicated man known to them jumped on the deck of the boat. The man then grabbed a knife, and moved toward the trio, in a threatening manner.
One of the men on the vessel, a 30-year-old from Lakeside, quickly tackled the man, disarmed him and brought him ashore. Once on land, the man repeatedly punched the 30-year-old, who managed to escape in a vehicle and called for help.
The victim suffered minor injuries.
Shortly after midnight, RCMP officers attended a home on Howard Ave. in Eastern Passage and safely arrested the 39-year-old man involved in the incident.
Wallace Warrick England has been charged with Assault and Assault with a Weapon.
He was held in custody and will be appearing Dartmouth Provincial Court today.
