An aggressive driving complaint has led police to recover a stolen vehicle in Digby.
At 9:18 p.m. on Monday Digby RCMP responded to a complaint that a vehicle was being driven aggressively. They found the vehicle, which was parked behind a local restaurant.
They determined that the vehicle had been stolen earlier in the evening from a business in Lockhartville and was also related to a complaint of a theft from a business in New Minas. There were three people in the vehicle, they were all arrested without incident.
49 year-old Anthony Scott Haynes, the driver, was charged with a number of offences including:
- Theft of Motor Vehicle
- Possession of stolen property over $5,000 x2
- Impaired operation of a conveyance
- Driving while Disqualified x2
- Breach of Probation
- Breach of Undertaking X4
One of the passengers, a 38-year-old female from Kentville, was charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 while the other passenger, a 41-year-old female from Centerville, faces the same charge as well as possession of cocaine.
Haynes appeared in Digby Provincial Court on Monday and is being held until his next appearance on March 29th. Both passengers will appear in Digby Provincial Court on May 17.
