Halifax police charge 3 people after alleged joyride in cemetery
Halifax Regional Police has charged three people after a cemetery in Dartmouth, N.S., was damaged over the weekend.
In a news release Monday, police say they responded to a report of a vehicle which had struck multiple gravestones in a cemetery on Victoria Road around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.
Police say the plate from the vehicle revealed it had been stolen.
Officers later tried to stop the vehicle near Richmond Street in Halifax, but the driver refused to stop. Police say they did not pursue the vehicle for concern of public safety.
The vehicle was later found abandoned on North Park Street in Halifax around 2:25 a.m after striking a parked vehicle.
Three suspects fled on foot, but were arrested in the area a short time later.
Kyle Gordon Joseph Buffett, 20, was scheduled to appear in court in Halifax on Monday to face multiple charges including:
- possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
- possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- flight from peace officer
- dangerous operation of a conveyance
- two counts of operation of a conveyance while prohibited
- failure to stop after an accident
- operation of a conveyance while impaired
- failure or refusal to comply with demand for testing
- five counts of fail to comply with conditions of a probation order
Jayden Edward Stephen Carvery, 19, was also scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court on Monday to face charges of:
- possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
- possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
Police say Carvery was also arrested for an outstanding warrant for his arrest in relation to a theft of a motor vehicle and trespass by night.
A 15-year-old youth was also charged and released with one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, according to police.
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