A 62-year-old Pictou County man is facing several charges including weapons related offences
and Uttering Threats in connection with an incident this week.
Police say on Monday, officers were called to a home on Reservoir Street in New Glasgow after receiving a report of a man who threatened an animal control officer with a weapon. Police say the man had left the home once officers arrived.
Early Tuesday afternoon. police arrested a 62-year-old man on Westville Road. Police later searched the home and found a weapon described as a machete. The man has been charged with Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, Assault with a Weapon and Uttering Threats.
The man was released on strict conditions and will appear in Nova Scotia Provincial Court at a later date.