Posted:
Update - February 8, 2012 (2:37 p.m.)
RCMP/HRP Integrated General Investigation Section (GIS) laid an
additional eleven charges in relation to the Attempted Murder
investigation on Wendybrook Drive in Tantallon on January 17th, 2012.
Last evening, GIS members arrested and charged 20-year-old Wayne Casey
from Timberlea with Robbery using a Firearm and ten additional
weapons-related offences. This arrest is in addition to the seven adult
males and one male youth charged on February 3, 2012 with a total of 48
charges. The total number of charges is now 59.
Casey was held in custody and was to appear in Halifax Provincial Court
today to answer to these charges.
Police release names in relation to weapons charges
February 3, 2012, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) . . . Members of the RCMP/HRP Integrated General Investigation Section (GIS) have arrested seven adult males and one male youth and laid a total of 48 charges, including Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Robbery using a Firearm, and several other weapons-related charges.
Integrated GIS members executed search warrants and conducted five searches over the past 24 hours at locations on Charles Road, Sugar Maple Drive and Eisenor Street in Timberlea, St. Margaret's Bay Road in Lakeside, and Carrington Place in Halifax. The searches were in relation to several ongoing investigations including an Attempted Murder on Wendybrook Drive in Tantallon on January 17th, 2012, a Robbery on Evans Avenue in Halifax on January 17th, 2012, and a Stabbing on Highfield Park Drive in Dartmouth on December 29th, 2011. During the searches, police seized one shotgun, ammunition, and three bullet-proof vests. The police investigation continues.
The following individuals have been charged with a total of 48 Criminal Code offences:
Edin Ibrahimovic, 19-years-old, from Timberlea
Joseph Davis, 20-years-old, from Halifax
Ryan Kenneth Chynn, 18-years-old, from Timberlea
Jarid Daniel Morrison, 18-years-old, from Timberlea
Devin Michael Parsons, 20-years-old, from Timberlea
Nicholas Sheldon Shay, 21-years-old, from Williamswood
Cameron Sampson, 21-years-old, from Halifax
A 16-year-old male youth from Harrietsfield