{"id":52209,"date":"2025-02-10T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=52209"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:30:00","slug":"n-b-man-charged-with-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=52209","title":{"rendered":"N.B. man charged with attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PICTOU COUNTY: <\/strong>\u00a0RCMP in Pictou County has charged a Miramichi, New Brunswick, man with a number of offences, including attempted murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 4, at approximately 12:50 p.m., RCMP officers received information from a caller in New Brunswick that a person was struck by a vehicle, believed to be a stolen GMC Sierra from New Brunswick, in the Thorburn area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers immediately patrolled the community but didn\u2019t locate a victim or a GMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About an hour later, at approximately 2 p.m., Pictou County District RCMP received a call that a man had been hit by a vehicle somewhere in MacPhersons Mills, on an unknown dead-end road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A<strong>DVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers quickly searched dead-end roads in MacPhersons Mills and located an abandoned stolen GMC and an injured man on the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After speaking to the man, who had suffered non-life-threatening injuries, investigators learned that he had observed someone taking his Chevrolet Silverado from his driveway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he went outside to follow the truck\u2019s tire tracks in the snow, he was struck twice by his stolen Silverado before the driver fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information gathered during the investigation indicated that the Chevrolet was heading towards Miramichi, New Brunswick.<\/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;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 5, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Miramichi Police Force located the truck and arrested the driver 35-year-old Colin Joseph Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attempted Murder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aggravated Assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Break and Enter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theft of a Motor Vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Stolen Property<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving while Prohibited<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply with Court Order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams was returned to Nova Scotia and has been remanded into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s due to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on February 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 2025-157145<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] PICTOU COUNTY: \u00a0RCMP in Pictou County has charged a Miramichi, New Brunswick, man with a number of offences, including attempted murder. 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