Police charge Eastern Passage man with firearms offences

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EASTERN PASSAGE: A 43-year-old Eastern Passage man has been charged with multiple firearms and assault-related offences following an incident late on Thursday night Feb. 3 on Cow Bay Road.

In a release, Halifax District RCMP say that at approximately 8 p.m. yesterday evening (Feb. 3), police responded to a firearm complaint at a home on Cow Bay Rd. in Eastern Passage.

Police learned that a man had pointed a firearm at another resident of the home before a physical altercation occurred.

The victim fled the home before police arrival and the home was contained while police attempted to confirm that the man was still inside the home.

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Shortly after 11 p.m., after confirming that the man was still inside the home, police began negotiation attempts for the man to surrender peacefully.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., the man surrendered to police and was taken into custody without further incident. No one was injured during the incident.

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Jason Andrew Purdy, 43, of Eastern Passage, has been charged with the following:

· Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose;

· Uttering Threats (2 counts);

· Unlawful Confinement (2 counts);

· Pointing a Firearm (2 counts);

· Assault (4 counts);

· Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (10 counts);

· Careless Use of a Firearm (11 counts)

Purdy has been remanded into custody and will appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court later today, Feb. 4.

File #: 22-14368