{"id":60841,"date":"2025-12-07T17:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60841"},"modified":"2025-12-07T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:37:17","slug":"rcmp-charge-man-recover-stolen-vehicle-imitation-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60841","title":{"rendered":"RCMP charge man, recover stolen vehicle, imitation firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COLCHESTER COUNTY: <\/strong>RCMP in Colchester County has charged a man after locating a stolen vehicle and seizing an imitation firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 5, at approximately 10:35 p.m., Colchester County District RCMP observed a 2013 Jeep Patriot in Brookfield that had been reported stolen from Stewiacke on Dec. 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers followed the Jeep to Meadowvale Rd. in Upper Stewiacke where officers stopped the vehicle and safely arrested the driver, a 28-year-old man of Truro, and the passenger, a 20-year-old woman of Onslow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was in possession of an imitation firearm when he was arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers recovered the vehicle and seized the firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Nathaniel Burns has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Failure to Comply with Release Order (two counts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Possession of an imitation of a weapon, to wit a replica firearm, for a purpose dangerous to the public peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear at Truro Provincial Court on December 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The passenger was released without charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotians are encouraged to contact their nearest RCMP detachment or local police to report crime in their communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous tips can be made by calling Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or using the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File # 2025-1793386, 2025-1778845<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLCHESTER COUNTY: RCMP in Colchester County has charged a man after locating a stolen vehicle and seizing an imitation firearm. On December 5, at approximately 10:35 p.m., Colchester County District RCMP observed a 2013 Jeep Patriot in Brookfield that had been reported stolen from Stewiacke on Dec. 3. Officers followed the Jeep to Meadowvale Rd. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,957],"tags":[1021,1258,5057,14,1022,2179],"class_list":["post-60841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-news","tag-brookfield","tag-colchester-county","tag-firearm","tag-rcmp","tag-stewiacke","tag-stolen-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60841","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=60841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}