**** HRP Media Release
Police seize firearms and charge four people
Police have charged four people in relation to two separate incidents on the weekend where firearms were seized in Halifax.
On April 16 at approximately 4:50 a.m. officers attempted to stop a vehicle after it failed to stop at a stop sign on University Avenue and then proceeded through a red light at the intersection of University Avenue and South Park Street. The vehicle did not stop and continued to flee from police until it crashed into a parked vehicle on Ivanhoe Street. Officers arrested the driver and passenger and seized a loaded firearm from the vehicle.
Makayle Larry James Skinner, 25, and Marlisha Laura Mintis, 26, are scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Carrying a concealed firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm with ammunition
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Tampering with a serial number
Skinner is also facing one count each of dangerous operation of a conveyance and flight from a peace officer.
On April 17 at approximately 1 a.m. officers stopped a vehicle near the intersection of Dunbrack Street and Farnham Gate Road after observing that the headlights were not on and the license plate was hanging off the vehicle. Officers arrested the passenger as he was failing to abide by the conditions of a court order. Officers seized the vehicle as the driver did not have a valid driver’s license and located a knife and a loaded firearm after searching the vehicle, the passenger and the driver who was also arrested.
Marcel David Lawrence, 30, and Fallon Alice Linda Drane, 40, are scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Possession of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon obtained by crime
- Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm with ammunition
- Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Tampering with a serial number
Lawrence is also facing one count each of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, handling a prohibited weapon in a careless manner and failing to comply with a release order as well as two counts of possession of a weapon contrary to a court order.
