Posted: June 9, 2025 - 12:16 pm

Halifax Regional Police responded to 714 calls for service over the weekend. One notable incident is as follows:

Police charge man with assault with a weapon and property damage

On June 6 at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a disturbance in the 5800 block of Spring Garden Road in Halifax.

An unknown man approached a group of construction workers and attempted to show them sexually inappropriate pictures on a cellphone. When they refused and attempted to usher him away, the man tried to instigate a fight. The man then punched one of the workers and struck him in the head with the cellphone. The man then threw a rock through a pane of glass before fleeing the scene on foot.

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

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