{"id":42115,"date":"2024-01-19T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=42115"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:27:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:27:55","slug":"sackville-man-charged-following-hate-motivated-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=42115","title":{"rendered":"Sackville man charged following hate motivated incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOWER SACKVILLE<\/strong>: A 31-year-old Sackville man is facing charges of assault following a hate-motivated incident on Jan. 17 in Sackville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said that police responded shortly before 9 p.m. to a report of an assault that occurred outside a restaurant on Sackville Dr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;RCMP officers learned that two men were involved in a verbal altercation inside the restaurant,&#8217; said Cpl. Tremblay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The altercation moved outside after racial slurs were expressed by one man.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Tremblay said the same man then assaulted the other individual with a sensory irritant before fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim, a 30-year-old Lower Sackville man, suffered minor injuries. He was treated at the scene by EHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 11:15 p.m., RCMP officers located the 31-year-old Sackville man involved in the incident, at the Halifax Transit terminal on Cobequid Rd., and safely arrested him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information gathered by investigators indicates that the offence was motivated by hate, based on the race of the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;102&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Alonzo Merk, 31, has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assault with a Weapon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Weapon Contrary to an Order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Merk appeared in court on Jan. 18 and was remanded into custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will return in Dartmouth Provincial Court on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCMP takes incidents of hate with utmost seriousness and condemns these criminal acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 24-7442<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banne=&#8221;206&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] LOWER SACKVILLE: A 31-year-old Sackville man is facing charges of assault following a hate-motivated incident on Jan. 17 in Sackville. 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