{"id":36519,"date":"2023-06-15T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=36519"},"modified":"2023-06-15T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:36:12","slug":"theft-of-truck-firearm-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=36519","title":{"rendered":"Theft of truck, firearm under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WALTON:<\/strong> Police are investigating after a report of a theft of a truck and firearm June 13 at a property along Highway 215 in Walton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Chris Marshall, with N.S. RCMP, said  at approximately 3:20 a.m., East Hants District RCMP responded to a report of a theft of a black Ford F150 from a property on Hwy. 215 in Walton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;RCMP officers learned that truck had been unlocked and the key was inside of it,&#8221; said Cpl. Marshall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hours later, the truck was located on the Tenecape Wharf Rd. in Tenecape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Marshall said the truck was seized and towed to the Enfield Detachment so that a forensic examination of the vehicle could be completed by RCMP Forensic Identification Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During the investigation, RCMP officers learned that a shotgun had been stored under the backseat of the truck at the time it was stolen, and the shotgun was now missing,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shotgun is described as a Charles Daly 12-gauge pump action shotgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the East Hants District RCMP at 902-883-7077. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at\u00a01-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3\u00a0Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 2023-830607<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;] WALTON: Police are investigating after a report of a theft of a truck and firearm June 13 at a property along Highway 215 in Walton. Cpl. Chris Marshall, with N.S. RCMP, said at approximately 3:20 a.m., East Hants District RCMP responded to a report of a theft of a black Ford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[196,5057,14,258,1485],"class_list":["post-36519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-firearm","tag-rcmp","tag-theft","tag-walton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519","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=36519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}