A 62-year-old man is facing several charges after he allegedly broke in to a home in Cole Harbour, N.S., Wednesday morning.
Halifax District RCMP say they responded to break-and-enter at a home on Highland Cres. just before 10 a.m.
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Police say a man broke in to the residence, where he encountered someone in the home.
“The male suspect left and the home occupant called 911,” police said in a news release Thursday.
Officers arrested the suspect a short time later on Taranaki Drive, after a different resident contacted police regarding suspicious activity.
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The suspect from Halifax has been charged with break and enter with intent, mischief, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of break-in instruments and obstructing a police officer.
The man was scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court on Thursday.
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