August 28, 2013, Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia . . .  The RCMP-HRP General Investigation Section have charged a 43-year-old man who barricaded himself into a residence in Lawrencetown yesterday. 

 

At 10:45 a.m., Cole Harbour RCMP and Halifax Regional Police responded to an incident at a residence on Osprey Way in Lawrencetown where a lone male barricaded himself inside with a firearm. Responding officers immediately secured the area around the home and closed the street to traffic.

 

Troy Learning, 43, of Lawrencetown, has been charged with the following offences:

– Using a Firearm in the Commission of an Offence

– Careless Use of a Firearm

– Unsafe Storage of a Firearms X 4

– Pointing a Firearm

– Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose

– Assault with a Weapon

– Uttering Death Threats

 

He appeared in court in Dartmouth earlier this morning. 

Source: Release