Cape Breton Police

• Four arrested, 220 charges laid in Cape Breton organized crime probe

  The Cape Breton police probe began in July 2025 when police were called to find a stolen vehicle that was tracked to a property in Florence, N.S.

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  Nov 13
  
• Cape Breton police issue emergency alert after shots fired in Sydney Mines

  Police issued an emergency alert after a shooting on Barrington Street in Sydney Mines. A vehicle was found shortly after 3 p.m. but it's unclear if the suspects were located.

  Crime

  Mar 11, 2023
  
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• Man charged with 2nd-degree murder after death in Sydney Mines

  Police in Cape Breton were investigating a suspicious death, after a man was the victim of an assault, and have now laid a charge of second-degree murder in the case.

  Crime

  Jun 14, 2022
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• ‘Irate’ woman in N.S. charged for assaulting road safety flag person

  Police say the incident began when the woman "voiced her opinion about how the road work wasn’t being completed properly."

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2021
• Suspect in custody after 2 people shot in Cape Breton: police

  Cape Breton police said the man, Raymond Shawn Daniel Leroy, was spotted on an ATV trail and arrested without incident in the Membertou area.

  Crime

  Aug 29, 2020
• Search for missing 14-year-old continues after RCMP find campsite and ATV in Canoe Lake

  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the missing 14-year-old is asked to contact Eskasoni RCMP at 902-379-2822.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2020
• Police issue emergency alert for missing 14-year-old

  “I know if it were a non-Indigenous 14-year-old and this had come up, my God, there would be an Amber Alert.”

  Crime

  Aug 20, 2020
• 2 from Sydney Mines, N.S., facing drug-related charges: Cape Breton police

  Cape Breton Regional Police say officers searched a home on Ocean Street at around 8:30 p.m., arresting a 41-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, both from Sydney Mines.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2020
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• Cape Breton man, 43, faces charge of criminal negligence in infant boy’s death

  Jason Wayne Comer will appear in Sydney provincial court Jan. 29 charged with criminal negligence causing death.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2019
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• 3 Cape Breton police officers charged for speeding

  In a news release Tuesday, Cape Breton Regional Police said the charges are a result of two incidents that happened in May and August.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2019