Halifax RCMP arrest two youths in connection to threats being uttered

Halifax District RCMP has arrested two youths after an incident that occurred on March 21, 2023, outside a business in Lower Sackville.

On March 21, at around 2:20 p.m., Halifax District RCMP responded to Leslie Thomas Junior High on Metropolitan Avenue after school staff had seized a knife from a youth. The school was placed on hold and secure. No injuries were reported. Officers arrived and arrested a male youth.

At 2:45 p.m. the hold and secure was lifted. Police say that at no time were threats made to students or staff at the school.

RCMP officers learned that the male youth, and a second male youth, had uttered a threat towards a third youth while at a strip mall on Sackville Drive earlier in the day. Shortly after, police safely arrested the second male youth at another location in Lower Sackville.

The two youths were released on conditions and are scheduled to appear in Halifax Youth Justice Court on April 13, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Both youths will be facing a charge of uttering threats and one of the youths will also face a charge of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Police are continuing the investigation.