{"id":13179,"date":"2026-07-28T08:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:23:02","slug":"westville-police-charge-man-with-multiple-serious-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/westville-police-charge-man-with-multiple-serious-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Westville Police Charge Man With Multiple Serious Offences."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police charge man with firearms and driving offences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have charged a man with firearms and driving offences in relation to an incident that occurred in Westville Saturday night.<br>On July 25th at approximately 9:21 p.m. a Westville Police Officer checked on a vehicle that appeared to be broken down on South Main Street, Westville. The driver of the vehicle showed signs of impairment and was arrested for Impaired Driving. During the arrest, the suspect assaulted the officer. While a search of the vehicle was being conducted, the officer located a firearm and ammunition inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corey Patrick Blinkhorn, 34, was scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court today to face charges of:<br>\u2022possession of a weapon dangerous to the public<br>\u2022unauthorized possession of firearm<br>\u2022possession of firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized<br>\u2022unauthorized possession in a motor vehicle<br>\u2022unsafe storage of a firearm<br>\u2022possession of weapon or ammunition contrary to a court order<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assault on a police officer<br>\u2022resist arrest<br>\u2022impaired operation of a motor vehicle<br>\u2022possession of property obtained by crime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: WPS Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police charge man with firearms and driving offences Police have charged a man with firearms and driving offences in relation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12877,"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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13179","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\/13179","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=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13180,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179\/revisions\/13180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}