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Halifax Regional Police responded to 1185 calls for service over the long weekend. Some notable calls are as follows:
Police charge man with weapons offences
On April 18 at approximately 3:50 a.m., officers responded to an address on Franklyn Court in Dartmouth in relation to a dispute between two people who were known to each other. One of the men was reported to have a firearm.
Officers arrested a 32-year-old man, searched the residence and located a firearm. The man is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date to face charges of:
- Uttering threats
- Use of a firearm in the commission of an offence
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace
25-53357
Police investigate weapons incident
On April 18 at approximately 11:40 p.m. officers responded to a report of weapons call at a residence 6000 block of Quinpool Road in Halifax. It is believed that between 11 and 11:30 p.m. a suspect fired two crossbow bolts through the window of the residence. There were no reported injuries.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact police.
25-53847
Police charge man with robbery
On April 20 at approximately 10 p.m., officers responded to a robbery that had just occurred near the 6100 block of North Street in Halifax. A man with a knife demanded property from and another man who was not known to him. Officers arrested the suspect in the area a short time later.
A 32-year-old man is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court at a later date to face charges of:
- Robbery
- Assault with a weapon
- Possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace
25- 54535
Police charge man with firearms offences
On April 20 at approximately 11:45 p.m., officers were assisting Halifax Transit to remove an intoxicated man from a bus that had stopped at the transit terminal in the 800 block of Portland Street in Dartmouth. Officers removed the man from the bus without incident and seized a loaded firearm and body armour from the man.
A 24-year-old man is man is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date to face charges of:
- Possession of a dangerous weapon to the public
- Possession of a firearm without a license
- Possession of a firearm contrary to a court order
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Possession of property obtained by crime
- Fail to comply with conditions of a probation order