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**** RCMP Media Release Woman wanted on province-wide arrest warrant RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment is seeking information on the whereabouts of a woman currently wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant. Lynnisha Downey, 32, from the Halifax Regional Municipality, is wanted and facing charges of Assault (two counts), Being at Large Without Excuse and Failure to […]

Police were in the 60 block of Amaranth Crescent earlier today ERT were seen entering a home in the area before detectives were seen entering the home. According to residents in the area, police were seen bringing items out of the home. The area has since cleared. More information when available. . . . . […]

**** HRP Media Release Shooting victim identified The victim of a fatal shooting in Halifax yesterday has been identified as Uriah Lemar Black, 38. On Thursday, February 20 at approximately 6:20 a.m., police responded to a report of an injured man on McFatridge Road in Halifax. At the scene, officers located Black on the sidewalk […]

**** RCMP Media Release Missing person: Help the RCMP find Murdock “Kyle” MacKinnon Colchester County District RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 42-year-old Murdock “Kyle” MacKinnon. He was last seen in Bible Hill at the end of January. MacKinnon is described as 6-foot-0. He has brown hair. No clothing description is available. […]

**** SiRT Release SiRT charges Nova Scotia RCMP officer with breaking and entering and mischief ————————————————————— The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a member of the RCMP committed criminal offences in Sydney Cape Breton, relating to incidents involving the property of a male known […]

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment seizes loaded handgun RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment (HRD) Street Crime Enforcement Unit has charged a man with multiple firearms offences following the execution of a search warrant in Dartmouth. Yesterday afternoon, in relation to an ongoing investigation, RCMP officers, with the assistance of the HRD Community Action […]

**** HRP Media Release Police investigate shooting Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in Halifax this morning, leaving one man dead. On Thursday, February 20 at approximately 6:20 a.m., police responded to a report of an injured man on McFatridge Road in Halifax. At the scene, officers located an unconscious man on the sidewalk […]

**** HRP Media Release Police lay charges in home repair scam Four men have been charged in relation to a travelling home repair scam. On January 6, officers responded to a report of a home repair fraud in progress in Halifax. Police also received similar reports of home repair scams, not in progress, from November […]

Demolition on the fire damaged portion of the Bloomfield Centre is well underway Investigation into the cause of the three alarm fire recently is complicated by the unsafe condition the structure was in after the long firefight. . . . –

**** HRP Media Release Police continue to investigate the homicide of Joseph Beals Today marks the fourth anniversary of the homicide of Joseph Beals. On February 20, 2021, at approximately 2:10 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to reports of a single vehicle crash into a utility pole at the intersection of Mount Edward Road and Cranberry Crescent […]