Police charge man with firearms offences

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Police have charged a man with firearms offences in relation to an incident in Halifax on the weekend.

On May 28 at approximately 2:30 am officers responded to an assault that had just occurred in a residence on Castle Hill Drive in Halifax. A man threatened and assaulted another man who was known to him with a firearm. Officers arrested the man without incident, searched the residence and seized 5 firearms and ammunition.

Phillip Andrew Levy, 54, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:

  • Assault 
  • Uttering threats
  • Possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace
  • Pointing a firearm 
  • Using a firearm in the commission of an offence
  • Careless use of a firearm
  • Unsafe storage of a firearm
  • Unauthorized possession of a firearm (x5)
  • Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized (x5)

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