Category: Crime Of The Week

Help RCMP identify hit-and-run driver

March 15, 2021, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia…Halifax District RCMP are asking for public help to identify the driver of an older model silver Ford Ranger pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run collision in Lower Sackville on March 14 just before 9 p.m.

At approximately 9 p.m., Halifax District RCMP was dispatched to the collision. The victim’s vehicle had been stopped at a red light at the intersection of Sackville Dr. and Beaver Bank Rd., when it was rear-ended by the suspect’s vehicle. The suspect’s vehicle then backed up and fled onto Douglas Ave.

The collision caused damage to the victim’s vehicle, but there were no reported injuries.

The front of the suspect’s vehicle may be damaged due to the collision. A witness reported that the suspect’s vehicle, an older model Silver Ford Ranger pickup truck, had the license plate GLD917. That license plate does not exist but it is possible that the suspect’s vehicle has a similar license plate number.

Anyone with information on this collision or the suspect vehicle is asked to contact the Lower Sackville RCMP detachment at 902-244-7208. Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips App.

File #: 2021-30874

Police investigate Bomb Threat

Halifax Regional Police are investigating a bomb threat that was received this morning in Halifax.

Just after 8:45 a.m., police responded to Walmart located at 6990 Mumford Road for a bomb threat after police received a threatening phone call from an anonymous caller. Officers are on scene and searching the area.

This building has been evacuated as a precaution and entrances to Walmart via Mumford Road and Chebucto Road are closed for the time being.

Update:

The investigation into this matter is continuing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or using the P3 Tips App.

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March 12, 2021 (3:30 p.m.) 

Police are on scene investigating the location of human remains in Dartmouth. 

At approximately 10:30 a.m. today police received a report of what was believed to be human remains in a wooded area near Elliott Street in Dartmouth. Police located the remains at that location and the Medical Examiner’s Office have confirmed them to be human.  

Investigators from the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are investigating and as the investigation is in the early stages no further information is available at this time. 

Investigators are asking anyone with information in relation to the remains to call police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or via the P3 Tips App.

Police are releasing photos and updated description of the suspects in a robbery that occurred in Halifax last night.

At approximately 11:10 p.m. police responded to a robbery that had occurred at the Shoppers Drug Mart located at 3430 Joseph Howe Drive in Halifax. The two suspects, one of whom had a knife, entered the store, damaged a display case and took electronic items. They then fled the store and were last seen getting into a car on Dutch Village Road. No one was physically injured.

The first suspect is described as a man, approximately 6’ with a thin build. At the time, he was wearing a black mask, hat, black jacket with lettering on the sleeve and jeans.

The second suspect is described as a woman, approximately 5’6”, wearing grey jogging pants, black sneakers and a white jacket with black trim and fur on the hood.

Investigators with the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are asking anyone with information about this incident to call police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or by using the P3 Tips app.

Case #b 21-29270​

At 11:10 p.m., on the 10th of March, Halifax Regional Police responded to a Robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart, 3430 Joseph Howe Drive, Halifax.  Two males damaged a display case taking several electronic items.  The two suspects threatened a staff member while brandished a knife and fled the store.  The suspects were last seen getting into a car on Dutch Village Road.  No one was injured.  Patrol officers searched the area, but have not located the suspects.  The suspects are described as:

Suspect – Male, 6’0”, thin build.  Wearing: black mask, black hat, black hooded shirt, blue jacket and grey jogging pants.

Suspect – Male, 5’8”, heavy build.  Wearing: grey jogging pants, grey or white hooded shirt.

Investigators with the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are asking anyone with information about this incident to call police at 902-490-5020.  Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or by using the P3 Tips app.

Case #21-29270​

On January 31^st, 2021, two males committed a Break and Enter at a business in Boularderie East, Nova Scotia. Police are looking to identify both persons of interest in this investigation.

Anyone who can identify these persons please call Baddeck RCMP at 902-295-2350. An anonymous tip can be submitted on line at: crimestoppers.ns.ca, via phone at 1 800 222- 8477 (TIPS) or via the P3 App.

Halifax Regional Police are investigating six reports of suspicious circumstances that occurred in Halifax in February and March.

Police received six reports from February 1 to March 4 of suspicious circumstances that occurred in the area of South Park and Brenton streets in Halifax. Investigators believe that a BB gun was used in five of the incidents: two involving damage to vehicles; two involving a person being struck; and one involving damage to a window pane. The sixth case involves damage to a vehicle where the cause is not known. Investigators are considering the possibility that all six incidents are related.

The investigations are ongoing by members of the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division.

Anyone with information about these incidents or video from the area is asked to call police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or via the P3 Tips App.

Cases # 21-13819 /21-13834 /21-20962 /21-21205 /21-26258 /21-26506

March 8, 2021, Little Brook, Nova Scotia…Meteghan RCMP are asking for the public’s help after gunshots were fired into a home.

On March 7 at approximately 12:15 a.m., Meteghan RCMP responded to a complaint that two shots were fired through a window into a home on Little Brook Connector Rd. There were no injuries. A large dark-coloured pickup truck was then seen driving away immediately after.

Police do not believe that this is a random act.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Meteghan RCMP at 902-645-2326.  Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips App.

File # 2021-298724