Rewards For Major Unsolved Crimes Program

• Nova Scotia offers reward for information about homicide outside Dartmouth home

  Cortrell Thomas, 37, was fatally shot on March 31, 2025. The province is offering up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

  Crime

  Mar 31
  
• Disappearance of N.S. man added to unsolved crimes program, up to $150K offered

  Jessie Morrissey, who was 26-years-old at the time, was last seen in the Springhill, N.S. area on Feb. 13, 2022. His vehicle was later found abandoned on a snowmobile trail.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
  
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• N.S. offering $150K reward in unsolved 2020 killing of Donnie Lohnes

  Donald Lohnes was attacked near a home on Jippie Ave. in Pine Grove, N.S. on Oct. 25, 2020. He died in hospital on Nov. 1 and his death was ruled a homicide.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2022
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• N.S. offers reward for information leading to arrest in Brandon Polegato murder

  The province has added the case of Brandon Polegato to the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program, which is meant to help solve crimes by rewarding those with information.

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2022
• Jason MacCullough’s murder in Dartmouth remains a mystery 22 years later

  The young man was found dead on a paved path between 100 and 104 Pinecrest Dr., in Dartmouth around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, 1999.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2021
• N.S. police recover human remains during search for Arlene McLean, missing for almost 22 years

  Arlene McLean was reported missing from Eastern Passage in September 1999 after she left her home and was never seen again.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2021
• Shooting death of Quintez Downey added to Nova Scotia’s reward program

  'I hope the addition of this case to the rewards program will help in bringing closure to this young man's family, friends and the community.'

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2021
• Halifax police add 2019 homicide to major crimes reward program

  Halifax police say the 2019 homicide of Jason Andrew Smith has been added to a rewards program offering up to $150,000 for information.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2020
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• First-degree murder charge laid in death of well-known Halifax football player  

  Triston Reece was shot in the 7100 block of Scot Street in Halifax on July 26. He was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2019
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• 2nd man charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with 2013 Halifax homicide

  The body of 24-year-old Matthew Thomas Sudds was found in a ditch along Africville Road in October 2013.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2019