**** HRP Media Release
Police lay charges in break and enter
Police have charged a man in relation to a break and enter that occurred last week in Dartmouth.
At approximately 11:15 p.m. on April 20, police responded to a break and enter at the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission at 7 Braemar Drive. A man broke a window, stole merchandise and fled the area in a vehicle.
At approximately 3 a.m. on April 21, officers located the suspect vehicle at a gas station in the 2900 block of Waverly Road. The vehicle had been reported stolen from a residence in Dartmouth on April 14. Officers arrested the driver and passenger without incident. The passenger was released without charges a short time later.
Steven James Maloney, 30, is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court today to face charges of:
- Break and enter
- Possession of a stolen motor vehicle
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Fail to comply with conditions of a release order
