Sixty-nine-year-old Raymond J. Lahey, the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish, is wanted by the Ottawa Police for possession of child pornography and importation of child pornography. On September 15, Lahey was attempting to re-enter Canada at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa when he was directed to a secondary examination by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). During the examination, CBSA officers found images on his laptop computer that were of concern. Read more…
Two Dartmouth men were arrested and face drug charges after separate traffic stops by police on Tuesday. At about 5:15 p.m., police stopped a vehicle on Joseph Young Street. The driver exited the vehicle and tried walking away, refusing to comply with commands to stop. The man was subsequently arrested and found to be in possession of a prohibited knife and a quantity of crack cocaine. A 31-year-old Dartmouth man was scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court Wednesday to face Read more…
Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of 24-year-old Julian Frederick Chittick of Halifax, who is wanted for attempted murder, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and a number of weapons-related offences. At 4 p.m. on June 29, police responded to reports of shots being fired from a vehicle in Lakecrest Drive area of Dartmouth. The intended victim, a 16-year-old Halifax youth, is believed to have been in the vehicle but managed to jump out before the shots were fired. He was not Read more…
The RCMP are looking for a male suspect responsible for an armed robbery at the Credit Union on Highway 1 in Cambridge, Kings County. At about 11:30 a.m. today, a lone male armed with a weapon entered the Credit Union and received an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured in this incident. The investigation is ongoing by the Kings District RCMP. If the public has any information on this incident, please contact any RCMP detachment, local police or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers at Read more…
A case of road rage resulted in one man being assaulted and another man being pepper-sprayed in Dartmouth on Tuesday afternoon. Just before 2:15 p.m., police responded to 575 Main Street in relation to an assault. Upon arrival officers learned that two motorists became involved in a driving altercation in the area of the Lake Echo exit on Highway 107. One of the drivers followed the other into the parking lot at 575 Main Street and assaulted the other driver. The driver who was being Read more…
Halifax Regional Police have arrested third suspect for arson in relation to a recent fire at the play set at St. Stephen’s Elementary School in Halifax. Shortly before 11 p.m. on September 19, police and fire personnel attended the school where a play set was set on fire. It was determined the fire was intentionally set and the investigation was turned over to police. Officers in the HRP/RCMP Integrated General Investigative Section, assisted by School Response Officers, arrested two Read more…
Halifax Regional Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who is believed to be responsible for theft at a gas station in Bedford. On September 8 at about 1:15 p.m., police responded to the Petro-Canada at 1611 Bedford Highway where it was alleged that a man (pictured) entered the store and stole a bank deposit containing cash from the office. Staff noticed the money missing and contacted police. The suspect is described as a white male, 50 to 60 years of Read more…
A store clerk was shaken but not physically injured after she was robbed outside Needs Convenience in Bedford early Saturday morning. At about 12:45 a.m. police were called to Needs Convenience at 1239 Bedford Highway. Upon arrival, officers learned that a female staff member, while taking out the garbage, had put her book bag on the ground. A man approached the female, pushed her against a garbage bin, grabbed her bag and fled the scene. The suspect is described as a male of an unknown Read more…
An 18-year-old male and two female young offenders were arrested after the stolen vehicle they were driving in stuck a police cruiser during police pursuit in the North End of Halifax early Monday morning. Shortly before 3:30 a.m., Halifax Regional Police attempted to stop a burgundy Chrysler Intrepid after the vehicle made an illegal turn at the intersection of North Street and Agricola Street. The vehicle failed to pull over for officers and was pursued for a short time around the North Read more…
Two men face charges impaired driving, resisting arrest, drug possession after Halifax Regional Police stopped a vehicle in the Burnside area Thursday night. Just before 9:30 p.m. police responded to the area of Commodore Drive and Eileen Stubbs Avenue in Dartmouth to a complaint of a suspected impaired driver. Officers assigned to the East Division Quick Response Unit located the vehicle in a parking lot in the 100 block of Ilsley Avenue. A vehicle stop was conducted after officers Read more…
