Guysborough County District RCMP has charged a man with firearms offences in Goldboro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On February 17, 2023, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Guysborough County District RCMP responded to a report of an unwanted person at a home on Hwy. 316 in Goldboro. While responding, RCMP officers learned that the man may be in possession of stolen firearms, which would also place him in violation of a lifetime firearms prohibition order. Upon arrival at the home, RCMP officers safely arrested a 59-year-old man. He was held in custody overnight. RCMP officers also located and seized unsafely stored rifles, an unsafely stored shotgun and ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thomas Arnold Jones, 59, of Goldboro, has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (3 counts);
\u2022 Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (3 counts);
\u2022 Possession of a Firearm While Prohibited;
\u2022 Possession of a Firearm Obtained by the Commission of an Offence;
\u2022 Theft under $5,000 (3 counts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jones has been remanded into custody and will appear in Antigonish Provincial Court on February 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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