‘Coffee with a Cop’ comes to Sackville, local RCMP says crime not on the rise locally
Officers from the Southeast District RCMP hosted an open house event at the Tim Horton’s on Main Street in Sackville on Friday. About 30 people dropped in to meet with the officers during the two hour event Friday morning. Among them were Tantramar councillor Mike Tower, Mayor Andrew Black, Dorchester fire chief Greg Partridge, and Ambulance NB operations manager Mark Hicks.
Sergeant Martin Janson is a supervisor for the Southeast District, and organized the event as part of a series of ‘Coffee with a Cop’ events throughout the region, in turn part of a larger trend of similar events happening across North America.
Janson was joined by Sackville’s community police officer Melanie Belliveau, as well as Sackville detachment Sergeant Eric Hanson, who took a moment near the end of the session to speak with CHMA.
Hanson said the event was “a great opportunity for us to connect with members of the community in a friendly setting where people can ask us questions, interact with us.” Hanson said the officers heard questions about the job, and also heard concerns about “traffic and behaviour and things that are going on in their community.”
“One lady came up to report that she needed our help this afternoon,” said Hanson, “so we’re going to go help her out disposing of some ammunition at her house.”… Continue
Police looking for help identifying suspect in lumberyard theft
The Sackville RCMP have put out a call for help regarding the theft of roofing material that took place on Mallard Drive in September.
Sergeant Eric Hanson of the Sackville detachment says police were dispatched to Payzant’s Home Hardware in Sackville in the early morning of September 19, 2023, in response to report of a theft. Sometime between 3:30am and 5:20am that morning someone cut the lock to the lumberyard and stole 26 packs of roof shingles and four rolls of Weathertex roofing material. The materials are valued at about $1700.
Hanson says the suspect was driving a black Ford F150, “and in the process of getting in and out of there actually broke the passenger mirror on their vehicle.” The suspect was captured on video and appeared to be a white male wearing a green bandana covering his face, a red t shirt, a black hoodie, blue jeans and black shoes.
“As of now, this person has not yet been identified, but we’re reaching out to the public for help,” says Hanson. “If anybody may have seen somebody matching that description or that vehicle in the Sackville area around that time, we encourage them to call the RCMP.”
Hanson says police don’t believe the theft is connected to others in the region.
The call for public help is coming weeks after the incident occurred, and Hanson says there’s no special reason for the delay outside of scheduling of officers, and the process for news releases to be prepared and approved.… Continue
Driver to face two charges after seriously injuring pedestrian in December
The man who hit and seriously injured a young man crossing Main Street in a crosswalk last December has been charged with two offences related to the collision.
Andrew McGann has been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian and driving without due care and attention. McGann is due to make his first appearance in a Moncton courtroom on July 4, 2023.
The person McGann struck with his vehicle is a young Mount Allison student, who after the collision was sent to a Halifax hospital in critical condition. RCMP Sergeant Eric Hanson says the young man has since been released from hospital and continues his recovery.
The collision occurred at the crosswalk on Main Street at King. Witnesses say the lights in the crosswalk were flashing when the young man crossed, and traffic in one direction had stopped.
The collision raised concerns over traffic safety at the crosswalk, and also Ambulance NB response times. It took 27 minutes for an ambulance to arrive on the collision scene, in part due to another emergency call that came in just 14 minutes beforehand.
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