Former associate pastor charges with sex crimes

Charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation have been laid against a former associate pastor of a church in Upper Hammonds Plains.

The charges against 38 year old Michael Oliver Fisher, who now lives in Antigonish, date back to 2008 and involve a girl who was 17 at the time. Fisher is due in court July 25th.

Grow-op busted in Wolfville

A Wolfville man is facing charges after a drug raid on a grow-op on the weekend.

RCMP and the Valley Integrated Crime Enforcement Unit searched a home on Highway 1 in Wolfville and seized about 300 marihuana plants.

A 44 year old man was arrested and will be in court in August.