{"id":44495,"date":"2024-04-23T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=44495"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:16:00","slug":"youths-charged-in-lower-sackville-assault-with-a-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=44495","title":{"rendered":"Youths charged in Lower Sackville assault with a weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> Two youths from Halifax have been charged after an assault that occurred at a Lower Sackville park on April 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP spokesman Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay, with N.S. RCMP, said at approximately noon, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and EHS responded to an incident involving a weapon at a park on Metropolitan Ave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP officers learned that a youth was approached, by two male youths, threatened with a knife and then assaulted with a sensory irritant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Tremblay said information and evidence quickly gathered from witnesses at the scene led RCMP officers to a nearby transit bus shelter, on Glendale Dr. near Metropolitan Ave.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Officers located and safely arrested the two youths involved in the assault,&#8221; he said. &#8220;During a search, officers located and seized a knife and a canister of sensory irritant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The male youth victim suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene by EHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie Thomas Junior High School, located nearby, was momentarily placed on hold and secure as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;210&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;211&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both youths, from Halifax, have 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>Uttering Threats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession for a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the two youths was additionally charged with Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both youths were held in custody and were scheduled to appear in Halifax Youth Justice Court on April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #:\u00a024-52926<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] LOWER SACKVILLE: Two youths from Halifax have been charged after an assault that occurred at a Lower Sackville park on April 22. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay, with N.S. RCMP, said at approximately noon, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and EHS responded to an incident involving a weapon at a park on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[84,50,13,48,14,2233],"class_list":["post-44495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-assault-with-a-weapon","tag-halifax","tag-lower-sackville","tag-n-s","tag-rcmp","tag-youths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44495","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=44495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}