Police were called after a passerby discovered an injured woman at a Halifax bus stop on Saturday. The injured woman at the intersection of Windsor and London streets was taken to hospital by ambulance. Police say the victim was at a bus stop with earphones on when a man came from behind and tried to snatch her purse. The woman refused to let go of her purse and was injured in the altercation. The suspect, descirbed as 5-foot-8 with a skinny build, fled north on Windsor Street.
Category: Halifax
Another Report of Halloween Candy Tampering
There’s been another report of Halloween candy being tampered with in the HRM. Halifax police say a man in Dartmouth was eating one of his grandson’s treats when he felt a sharp pain and discovered a small needle inside a candy bar. The small needle had a yellow plastic ball on one end of it. Police say the child had been trick or treating in the area of Waynewood Drive, Brompton Road and Bonnie Brae Trailer Park.