March 24, 2025
A 57-year-old man faces charges after Cape Breton Regional Police safely arrested him from barricading inside a property on Jessie Hardy Lane in Gabarus.
Police responded to a reported altercation between two people on Forchu Road at approximately 7:00 PM March 23rd, where one person had assaulted and threatened the other before returning to his neighboring home, where he was believed to have a firearm. Officers located him inside a building on his property, where he refused to exit; Crisis Negotiators were called to assist, and members of the Emergency Response Team attended the property due the potential that the man had a firearm. At approximately 1:00 AM, the man exited his building, was found not to be in possession of a firearm and was arrested.
He was later released on a Promise to Appear in Sydney Provincial Court, charged with Assault and Uttering Threats to Damage Property and Cause Bodily Harm or Death.
