15-45638 - Weapons Complaint

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Just after midnight on April 9, patrol members responded to Lahey Road in Dartmouth in response to a weapons complaint. A witness called police and reported that a 15-year-old male youth had left a residence with a firearm. The surrounding area was checked for the youth, but he could not be located. At 9:30 a.m., the suspect was found in a residence on Lahey Road and arrested. The General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Divisiont executed a search warrant at this residence and a replica firearm was located. The 15-year-old male youth from Dartmouth is currently in custody and will appear Halifax Provincial Youth Court in the morning to face numerous firearm-related charges, threats and assault. No one was  injured during this incident. This was not a random act, parties involved are known to each other.