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  • 1 week ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

    Advertisement oopSkip to ContentAdvertisement 1Long-term offender Myles Nelson Payne, 62, violated restrictions on contact with children  •   •  Article contentA Halifax pedophile who was declared a long-term offender in 2015 has been handed a five-year prison sentence for breaching two kinds of court orders.

  • 2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

    Advertisement 119-year-old Elliott Chorny is accused of attempting to murder six-year-old boy at bus stop Feb. 23  •  Article contentA forensic psychiatrist has been given four more weeks to complete an assessment on a young woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in downtown Halifax. Eliott Chorny, 19, faces two charges in Halifax provincial court from the Feb. 23 incident: attempted murder and possession of a weapon, a knife, for a dangerous purpose.

  • 2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

    Advertisement 1Alissa Kathryn MacGillivary makes first appearance in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on 49 charges  •  Article contentThe Crown has filed a direct indictment to send a Dartmouth woman straight to trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on dozens of fraud-related charges. Alissa Kathryn MacGillivary, 51, was denied bail in Dartmouth provincial court last month on 178 charges. Last week, prosecutor Will Mathers filed a 49-count indictment against MacGillivary in Supreme Court.

  • 2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

    Advertisement 1John Nicholas Allen-Simec accused of trafficking controlled substances on dark web, taking payments in cryptocurrency  •   •  Article contentA Halifax man accused of trafficking drugs on the dark web will stand trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in April 2026 on 14 charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. John Nicholas Allen-Simec, 32, was arrested Aug. 30, 2023, as part of Operation Hackstone, an international investigation involving RCMP and Homeland Security.

  • 2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Steve Bruce

    Advertisement 120-year-old among five people accused in February 2022 killing of 16-year-old Devon Sinclair Marsman  •   •  Article contentTrial dates have been set for one of five people charged in connection with the 2022 killing of a 16-year-old Halifax boy. Devon Sinclair Marsman was last seen alive in February 2022 in Spryfield. On Sept. 17, 2024, police announced the teen’s disappearance had become a homicide.

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