One man is facing multiple weapons related charges following an incident that led to an emergency alert over the weekend.
On Saturday morning, Mounties responded to a report of a man with a sawed-off shotgun in the 100 block of Oldham Rd. and while enroute, officers learned the man was last seen getting into a Saturn SUV.
Police said a responding officer found the SUV in the area and attempted a traffic stop. The driver did not stop and instead pulled into a driveway in the 400 block of Oldham Rd.
According to RCMP, a man with facial tattoos, wearing a white toque and white shirt, exit the passenger side of the Saturn and fled into the woods. The driver of the Saturn, a 51-year-old woman from Shubenacadie, was arrested but later released without charges.
An emergency alert was issued shortly after while residents provided real-time sightings of the man.
Police said as officers and the HRP K9 unit tracked the man, they found discarded clothing, brass knuckles, a shotgun shell casing and ID belonging to the suspect.
Mounties then used a drone to find the man running along the Nine Mile River and followed him to the 600 block of Hwy. 214 in Belnan, where he was safely arrested at 1:07 p.m.
Police said 39-year-old Michael Franklyn Garden Cole, of Shubenacadie, was transported to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Garden Cole is facing the following charges:
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Possession of a prohibited weapon
- Possession of property obtained by crime
- Fail to comply with release order (two counts)
- Possession of a weapon contrary to prohibition order
RCMP said he is also facing three additional counts of failing to comply with release order related to a previous investigation.
Police say the gun Garden Cole is believed to have had with him at the time of the incident has not been found and the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
