{"id":12310,"date":"2026-03-23T09:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:02:51","slug":"police-investigate-serious-incident-at-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/police-investigate-serious-incident-at-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Serious Incident at Park."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REQUEST \u2013 WESTVILLE POLICE SERVICE&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westville Police Service is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying individuals involved in an incident that occurred in the Acadia Park \/ North Main Street area of Westville on the evening of March 18, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 9:20 PM \u2013 9:40 PM, police received a report that occupants of a vehicle approached individuals in the area and were observed displaying objects believed to be weapons before leaving the scene. The presence and nature of any weapons have not been confirmed at this time. Fortunately, no serious physical injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the information available at this time, this incident is believed to have been isolated and random in nature, with no indication of an ongoing threat to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the ongoing investigation (PROS File #: 2026353213), police have obtained photos of individuals and a vehicle believed to be involved and are asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicle is described as a brown Chevrolet Aveo with black trim along the doors, and is believed to have had its license plate obscured. The individuals involved are described as young males wearing face coverings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267662467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267662467.jpg 799w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267662467-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267662467-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267665151.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267665151.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267665151-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267667642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267667642.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267667642-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267670143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267670143.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267670143-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267672827.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267672827.jpg 360w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774267672827-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Safety Note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This investigation remains ongoing. Members of the public are asked not to approach these individuals and to contact police with any information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please quote PROS File #: 2026353213 when contacting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westville Police Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: 902-396-4911<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dispatch: 902-895-5351<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: jason.nemis@westville.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westville Police Service thanks the public for their assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: WPS Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REQUEST \u2013 WESTVILLE POLICE SERVICE&nbsp; Westville Police Service is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying individuals involved in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12316,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions\/12316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}