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RCMP searches home, seizes prescription pills and marijuana

April 7, 2017Pictou Advocate

Frankville, Antigonish County – Quantities of marijuana and prescription pills were seized from a home on March 9 after the RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) of Antigonish/Guysborough County searched a home in Frankville. The same home was searched Wednesday by RCMP, and quantities of marijuana and prescription pills were seized at that time as...

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Assault charges dropped against YMCA CEO

March 8, 2017Pictou Advocate

PICTOU — Assault charges against the CEO of the Pictou County YMCA have been dropped. The assault causing bodily harm case against Dave MacIntyre was called in Provincial Court on Monday morning and, although MacIntyre was not present, his lawyer, Craig Clarke, appeared for him. Crown attorney Patrick Young officially withdrew the final of the...

Two men charged after violent assault

January 26, 2017Pictou Advocate

Paq’tnkek First Nation – Two men have been charged after a violent incident on Petow Loop, Antigonish County, on January 23. One man swung a broken table leg at another man, cutting his hands. The second man then stabbed the first man several times with a knife, causing injuries that required hospital treatment. Terry Matthew...

Crown, defence both file appeals in Amy Hood case

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017Heather Brimicombe

PICTOU — Both Crown and defence have filed notices of appeal in the criminal case of Carolyn Amy Hood. After being sentenced on December 14 of last year, the legal matters for Hood are being brought back to the attention of the court system. Crown attorney Bill Gorman filed a notice of appeal at the...

No jail time for teacher guilty of sex crimes

December 21, 2016Heather Brimicombe

A former Pictou County school teacher found guilty of sex crimes will not serve any jail time. Three years after the incidents, Carolyn Amy Hood was sentenced last Wednesday morning for sex crimes with former students. About a year after her trial, which took place last November, Hood was found guilty of two counts of...

Two arrested for drug possession for purpose of trafficking

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016Pictou Advocate

STELLARTON – A man and a woman appeared in Pictou Provincial Court today (Wednesday) after a search warrant turned up a number of illegal drugs. At approximately 2 a.m. today, the Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit, with assistance from Stellarton and New Glasgow police departments, conducted a search warrant on MacKay Street Stellarton....

County man remanded after court appearance

September 8, 2016Pictou Advocate

A county man has been remanded following his appearance in Provincial Court today (September 8). On September 7, Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit arrested 47-year-old Lawrence James Murray in New Glasgow on several drug-related offences along with multiple counts of failing to comply with a court order. Additionally, Murray was charged with failing...

Preliminary set for accused murderer Robert Jason MacKenzie

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016Pictou Advocate

PICTOU – A sigh of relief could be heard from the family of Nicole Campbell in Provincial Court on Tuesday as the dates for a preliminary inquiry were set. Robert Jason MacKenzie, 36, is charged with the second degree murder of 33-year-old Campbell, as well as two other indictable charges, theft of prescription drugs with...

No plea on mischief charge

June 15, 2016Pictou Advocate

PICTOU – No pleas have been entered yet in a case of mischief. A Westville man appeared in Pictou Provincial court Monday morning after an April 27 incident in Westville. Steven Michael Smith, 46, was charged with one count of mischief by striking a truck with an axe, causing over $5,000 in damage. Smith will...

Accused remains in custody