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Halifax Regional Police responded to 661 calls for service over the weekend. Some notable incidents are as follows:
Police investigate assault
On January 30 at approximately 6:40 p.m., police responded to a report of a man with a knife inside Mic Mac Mall, located at 21 Mic Mac Boulevard in Dartmouth. Once on scene, officers located and arrested the man without incident.
While speaking with the man, officers learned he had been assaulted and briefly knocked unconscious while inside a store within the mall. When he regained consciousness, he pulled out a pocketknife in self-defense but did not threaten anyone with it. He advised officers that he remembered seeing a man and a woman before getting hit. Officers were able to corroborate the victim’s statement of events. The victim was not seriously injured and was released from custody without criminal charges.
There were no other reports of assaults or physical injury while officers were on scene.
One of the suspects is described as a white woman with a face tattoo wearing an electronic ankle monitor. Both suspects were observed fleeing the mall parking lot in a black sedan.
The investigation is ongoing.
Proactive driving checkpoints
In an ongoing effort to reduce impaired driving and address traffic safety, Halifax Regional Police officers conducted proactive checkpoints over the weekend in Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford. During these check points, 1037 vehicles were stopped. As a result of these stops:
- Three people were issued 7-day license suspensions for having a blood alcohol concentration between 50 mg% and 79 mg%
- Nine summary offence tickets were issued for various motor vehicle act offences
Winter Parking
Last night, police issued 292 winter parking ban tickets. Four vehicles were towed under the Motor Vehicle Act for impeding snow removal and/or winter maintenance.
Complying with the parking ban allows for safe and more efficient snow removal. The fine for not complying with the winter parking ban in Nova Scotia is $86.60.
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