Police charge man with motor vehicle offences

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Police have charged a man in relation to an incident involving a vehicle in Halifax yesterday.

At approximately 5 a.m. police responded to a report of an unwanted person call in relation to man in a vehicle at a drive thru on Kempt Road.  Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to stop and continued driving. Officers did not continue the pursuit due to safety concerns.

A short time later, the vehicle was located overturned on Barrington Street.  Patrol officers and a K9 team attended and arrested two men who had fled from the vehicle.

The driver Logan Niles Pierro-Howe, 23, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:

  • Impaired operation of a conveyance 
  • Impaired operation of a conveyance over 80mg
  • Dangerous operation of a conveyance
  • Assaulting a police officer 
  • Breach of an undertaking
  • Flight from police

The second man was released without charges.

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