(NS-RCMP-Assaults)
Mounties in Nova Scotia have charged a Dartmouth man with 66 sex-related charges following a four-year probe into allegations of dozens of sexual assaults at a provincial youth correctional facility.
Seventy-five-year-old Donald Douglas Williams was arrested at his home on the weekend and faces three counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm, 28 charges of sexual assault, 32 charges of sexual exploitation, and charges of sexual interference.
Williams was the swim instructor at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville, Nova Scotia, between 1988 and 2017, and investigators say he was tied to incidents at the facility between 1989 and 2015.
The investigation involved interviewing more than 450 survivors and witnesses across Canada and reviewing more than 98-hundred documents. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Hate-Crime)
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged after antisemitic graffiti was found on a Halifax synagogue over the weekend.
Halifax police arrested Gezim Topalli at his home in the city on Tuesday, and he was scheduled to appear in provincial court today on charges related to mischief, property damage, and public incitement of hatred.
Investigators have determined that the six messages inscribed on the synagogue amounted to a hate crime.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Penitentiary-Contraband)
Multiple packages of contraband and unauthorized items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were seized around New Brunswick’s Dorchester Penitentiary on the weekend.
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) says roughly 800-thousand dollars of cannabis, tobacco, methamphetamine, psilocybin, cocaine, nicotine patches, and cellphone accessories were confiscated.
Corrections staff say the items were seized on September 13th and 14th on the perimeter of the medium security penitentiary.
The facility says it regularly uses ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates, and visitors.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Sudden-Death-Homicide)
Police say the death of a woman at a residence in downtown Fredericton in early September is being investigated as a homicide.
The 42-year-old deceased was found inside a home on September 7th, with a man who was suffering from undisclosed injuries.
Days later, the victim would be identified as Sonia Vivian Timbre of Fredericton.
No arrests have been made, and investigators are seeking anyone who had contact with the victim between September 5th and the 7th.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Drug-Seizure)
Three people are facing charges after drug and weapon seizures at two locations in Fredericton last week.
Police say close to 100-thousand dollars worth of narcotics and ten-thousand dollars in cash and ammunition were confiscated on the northside and southside of the city.
The drug-related seizures include methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl, as well as various packaging materials, digital scales, and cutting agents.
Two 26-year-old men and a 21-year-old woman are the accused, and charges include trafficking and proceeds of crime.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Denied-Boarding)
A man is facing impairment charges for driving away from Goose Bay Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador after he was denied a seat on a flight because of his level of intoxication.
Investigators say the 25-year-old accused was refused boarding by airport officials, and then subsequently departed the facility in a pickup truck.
Officers picked him up after a call from airport officials with concerns about possible impaired driving.
R-C-M-P say the driver blew breath samples more than two-and-a-half times the legal limit.
(The Canadian Press)
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