Halifax Regional Police have charged a man with weapons offences after responding to a weapons complaint in Dartmouth Sunday.
Officers responded to the 0-50 block of Medway Court at 2 p.m.
A caller reported that a person appearing to have a handgun was damaging a vehicle before entering a nearby residence.
When they arrived on the scene, Halifax Regional Police (HRP) officers secured the scene and arrested two men and one woman.
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No one was injured during the incident.
Investigators obtained a warrant, searched the home and seized a loaded firearm, police said in a news release Monday.
HRP say that Tyvon Gerrad Ritcey, 22, of Dartmouth, is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court to face a number of charges. They include:
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized
- Possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm with ammunition
- Carrying a concealed weapon
- Two counts of possession of a firearm while prohibited
- Break and enter with intent
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Police did not indicate whether the two other individuals arrested on Sunday are facing charges.
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