Pictou County District RCMP has charged a man with Uttering Threats and firearms offences in Pictou.

On February 6, at approximately 2:48 p.m., Pictou County District RCMP, with the assistance from New Glasgow Regional Police, responded to a report of a threat made against a snow plow operator on Mount William Rd. Pictou County District RCMP officers with the assistance of New Glasgow Regional Police attended the man’s residence in New Glasgow where he was arrested without incident.

On February 7, at approximately 12:17 p.m., Pictou County District RCMP, with the assistance from Pictou County District RCMP General Investigation Section, Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit and New Glasgow Regional Police, executed a search warrant at a residence on Stellarton Rd. in New Glasgow.

At the home, officers located and seized firearms and ammunitions.

Louis Carl Cameron, 66, of New Glasgow, has been charged with Uttering Threats and Unsafe Storage of a Firearm.

Cameron was later released on conditions. He will appear in Pictou Provincial Court on April 8, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.

Via RCMP