Police have confirmed they arrested a Heathbell man in New Glasgow yesterday afternoon on a parole violation.
Christopher Alexander Falconer was one of two men convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of cab driver Robert LeBlanc on Heathbell Road in 1998, but he was released on full parole in May.
Falconer was 15 years old at the time of LeBlanc's murder.
Under conditions of his release, Falconer was ordered to avoid anyone known to be involved in criminal activity.
Police have not said what led to Falconer's arrest, but they have confirmed he will be transferred to the Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth today.
Witnesses say Falconer was walking down Brother Street when he was approached by police and patted down Wednesday afternoon. They say he was then taken away in a police vehicle.
"It was pretty quiet, he went willingly," says area resident Stephanie Fanning. "They took him and they put him in his cuffs and they put him in the car."
Falconer was arrested close to where a car was seized Monday afternoon on Vale Road. Police say they seized a grey Chev Impala in connection to the Amber Kirwan homicide investigation, but they have not said who owns the car or why it was seized.
Meanwhile, the search of a property in Heathbell in connection to the Kirwan case is entering its third day.
RCMP are back at the mobile home on Hardwood Hill Road where they first executed a search warrant on Tuesday.
"It is a property which includes the residence, and the residence is being searched in the circumstance," says RCMP spokesman Const. Bill Rudolph.
The home is roughly three kilometers from where police discovered Kirwan's body on Saturday.
Police haven't confirmed who owns the home, but neighbours say Alice Meier, the stepsister of Falconer, lives there.
An intense search for the missing teen began last month after she disappeared from a New Glasgow pool hall.
Her friends say she left Dooly's around 1:30 a.m. on October 9 with the intention of meeting her boyfriend at Big Al's, a nearby convenience store.
Kirwan is seen leaving Dooly's and walking up the street towards Big Al's, but her boyfriend says she never showed up, and Kirwan doesn't appear on surveillance tapes from the parking lot at Big Al's.
Police, RCMP divers and ground search and rescue teams conducted extensive searches throughout parts of Pictou County, including the Heathbell area, last month.
They returned to Heathbell on the weekend to execute a search warrant on a farm property in the area when they discovered her remains on a logging trail, just off Heathbell Road on Saturday afternoon.
Police say no arrests have been made in connection with the case.
"At this time police do not have anyone in custody," Rudolph tells CTV News.
