Two youth, one adult arrested after armed robbery – Halifax
**** HRP Media Release On August 1st, 2020 at approximately 5:50pm police were called to an armed robbery that had just occurred in the 1800 block of Hollis Street, Halifax. Three males wearing masks entered the business with a firearm and obtained cash and took merchandise before leaving and fleeing in a car....
(Update) New Glasgow Regional Police, Truro Police K-9, Stellation Police searched for 33-year-old male Christopher McKay and Ronald Jamieson
**** Via New Glasgow Regional Police New Glasgow Regional Police lift the Shelter in Place and continue to search for 33-year-old Christopher McKay. New Glasgow, N.S. Update via Amherst Police: Amherst Police have arrested a man wanted on a Canada-Wide Warrant who was also the subject of several media alerts to the public by the...
Can you help Halifax District RCMP solve a theft of trees and shrubs from a business on Main St. in Westphal
**** RCMP Media Release Can you help Halifax District RCMP solve a theft of trees and shrubs from a business on Main St. in Westphal. Between the evening of July 27 and the morning of July 28, suspect(s) went over the fence of the business and left with several trees and shrubs including; a Bloodgood...
Police request public’s assistance identifying suspect in sexual assault
**** HRP Media Release Police request public’s assistance identifying suspect in sexual assault Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man in relation to a sexual assault that occurred yesterday in Halifax. At approximately 12:20 p.m. a man approached a woman not known to him in Point Pleasant Park near...
Government of Canada receives first new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship
**** DND Media Release Government of Canada receives first new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Through Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, the Government of Canada is equipping the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) with the modern and effective ships it needs to support expanded surveillance and defence activities across Canada’s three coasts. Today, the RCN marked the...
Truro Police responded to Inglis Place in response to a male breaking windows
**** Truro Police Release During the early morning of July 31, 2020 Truro Police responded to Inglis Place in response to a male breaking windows. As a result a 26 year old North River man was arrested and charged with five counts of Mischief contrary to Section 430 Criminal Code of Canada. He was later...
Five Islands man arrested on sexual assault and child pornography charges
**** RCMP Media Release Five Islands man arrested on sexual assault and child pornography charges The RCMP’s Provincial Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has arrested a Five Islands man for child pornography offences. On July 30, the RCMP’s ICE Unit searched a home in Five Islands. Assistance was provided by the RCMP’s Digital Forensic Services...
Police charge man in homicide
**** HRP Media Release Police charge man in homicide Investigators have charged Richard George Willis, 62, of Truro, with first degree murder (update via HRP) and break and enter in relation to the homicide of Eleanor Noreen Harding, 85, who was found deceased in her Dartmouth home earlier this month. At approximately 11:12 a.m. on...
SiRT: No Charges Against RCMP Officer
**** SiRT Media Release No Charges Against RCMP Officer ————————————————————– The province’s Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) released its report today regarding an allegation of domestic assault committed by a female member of the RCMP. On March 16, 2020, SiRT was contacted by the RCMP after an adult male, the Affected Party (AP) contacted an...
Police have charged a man in relation to two sexual assaults that occurred in Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Police charge man in two sexual assaults Police have charged a man in relation to two sexual assaults that occurred in Halifax. In June, police received reports from two separate victims who had been sexually assaulted by a man on separate occasions between March 2018 and June 2020 at...