{"id":6237,"date":"2024-02-01T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2024-02-01T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:58:31","slug":"man-charged-with-four-counts-of-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/02\/01\/man-charged-with-four-counts-of-arson\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Charged With Four Counts of Arson."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between January&nbsp;19&nbsp;and&nbsp;28, Meteghan RCMP Detachment responded to four reports of attempted arson at a property on Patrice Rd. RCMP officers learned that a camp was broken into and attempts to start a fire were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January&nbsp;28, at approximately&nbsp;9:40&nbsp;p.m., Meteghan RCMP Detachment, assisted by the Digby RCMP Detachment, responded to a disturbance on Patrice Rd. RCMP officers learned that a man had attempted to burn a structure but was caught in the act by witnesses. The man, who initially attempted to flee in a Ford Ranger but crashed the vehicle, fled the scene on foot. A detailed description of the suspect was provided to investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the morning of January&nbsp;29, Meteghan RCMP Detachment received a report of a suspicious man in the area of Second Division Rd. RCMP officers learned that a man, who&#8217;s description matched that of the suspect&#8217;s from the evening prior, was asking for a ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, RCMP officers patrolling the area located the man and safely arrested him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig Mitchell Burns,&nbsp;30, from Weymouth has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arson, Damage to Property&nbsp;(4&nbsp;Counts);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mischief (2&nbsp;counts);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply with a Release Order (2&nbsp;Counts);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Substance;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operating an Unregistered Vehicle;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failing to Display Number Plates for the Current Registration Year;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving Motor Vehicle without motor vehicle liability policy;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operating Motor Vehicle without valid driver&#8217;s license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Burns has been remanded into custody and will return in Digby Provincial Court on February\u00a020,\u00a02024, at\u00a09:30\u00a0a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: RCMP Release. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between January&nbsp;19&nbsp;and&nbsp;28, Meteghan RCMP Detachment responded to four reports of attempted arson at a property on Patrice Rd. RCMP officers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4591,"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":[6,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237","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=6237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6238,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions\/6238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}