Category: News

**** HRP Media Release Police investigate hate-motivated crime Halifax Regional Police is investigating an incident of assault where hate is believed to be a motivating factor. Yesterday police received a report of an assault that occurred on a Halifax Transit bus (route 90) earlier that day. At approximately 10:40 a.m. a man boarded the bus […]

**** HRP Media Release Police lay charges in sexual assault Halifax Regional Police has charged a man in relation to a sexual assault that occurred in Halifax earlier this year. On May 1 police received a report of a sexual assault that had occurred that day in the area of the Mainland Common baseball field […]

**** HRP Media Release Police lay firearms charges Halifax Regional Police has charged two people with firearms offences in relation to a search that occurred in Halifax yesterday. At approximately 4 a.m. members of the Guns and Gangs and Drug units of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, with the assistance of Central Division Patrol officers […]

**** RCMP Media Release Man wanted on province-wide arrest warrant East Hants District RCMP has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man in connection with an incident in Elmsdale in September 2023. Gregory Allen Barr, 38, of Mill Village, has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, Flight from Police and Failure […]

**** RCMP Media Release UPDATE: Digby RCMP arrest three people in investigation relating to assault on wharf Digby RCMP has arrested three people relating to an investigation of an assault that occurred on a wharf in Weymouth North. On August 2, 2023, Digby RCMP responded to a report of an assault and a theft at […]

**** HRP Media Release Missing Person: Melia Marina Hendsbee Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 18-year-old woman. Melia Marina Hendsbee was reported missing to police on September 20 and was last seen in Dartmouth on September 11. Melia is described as a white woman, approximately 5’8” tall, 185 lbs., with […]

**** HRP Media Release Update: Police presence in Dartmouth this morning Halifax Regional Police were on scene at a residence on Canso Lane earlier this morning in relation to a weapons call. Investigators found that there was no threat to public safety. Officers are no longer on scene. Police presence in Dartmouth Halifax Regional Police […]

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation charge four people with firearms offences RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division has charged four people in relation to the seizure of firearms in Cole Harbour. Yesterday, at approximately 5 a.m., the RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation’s Integrated Special Enforcement Section, assisted by the RCMP’s Emergency Response Team and […]

**** 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 […]

**** HRP Media Release Assault with a weapon Members of the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are investigating an assault with a weapon that occurred last evening in Dartmouth. At approximately 10:41 p.m., police responded to a report of a stabbing at an apartment building on Primrose Street, in Dartmouth. Investigators […]