{"id":26130,"date":"2022-01-28T09:25:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=26130"},"modified":"2022-01-28T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:25:50","slug":"hammonds-plains-man-charged-with-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=26130","title":{"rendered":"Hammonds Plains man charged with human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAMMONDS PLAINS<\/strong>: A 45-year-old Hammonds Plains man has been charged by the N.S. Human Trafficking team with multiple offence related to human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a release, Halifax District RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau said the investigation began on October 25, 2021 and resulted in the arrest of Kenneth Daniel Norton, of Hammonds Plains, on January 26, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northon has been charged with:\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Trafficking in Persons (2 counts &#8211; Section 279.01 C.C. and 279.02 C.C.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Uttering Threats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assault<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assault with a weapon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sexual Assault<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norton remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on January 28. The victim has been offered support regarding this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nova Scotia Provincial Human Trafficking Unit lead the investigation and was assisted by Halifax District RCMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are or have been trafficked, or believe someone you know is being trafficked, the RCMP has a support line you can call or text. It is monitored\u00a024\u00a0hours a day by a police officer:\u00a0902-449-2425. The callers can choose to leave their information anonymously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous calls can also be made by contacting Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers at\u00a01-800-222-TIPS, submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a> or by using the P3\u00a0Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #\u00a021-1663932<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] HAMMONDS PLAINS: A 45-year-old Hammonds Plains man has been charged by the N.S. Human Trafficking team with multiple offence related to human trafficking. In a release, Halifax District RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau said the investigation began on October 25, 2021 and resulted in the arrest of Kenneth Daniel Norton, of Hammonds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[80,3109,14],"class_list":["post-26130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-hammonds-plains","tag-himan-trafficking","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}