Cobourg man faces weapons charges

Photo by Dan Jones. CFWN, LJI

By: Dan Jones, Northumberland 89.7 FM News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.

A Cobourg man is facing weapons charges, after being treated by EMS.

On Sunday afternoon, police responded to the area of George and Princess Streets, for a man who had reportedly been located unresponsive.

Paramedics advised police that the individual appeared to have a firearm. Police located a CO2-powered BB gun that resembled a handgun on the man.

He was charged with concealing a firearm and held for a bail hearing.

Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a veteran radio and web journalist with 18 years in the news business. He has reported on Indigenous issues in Northern and Western Canada. This former News Director has covered provincial legislative politics in the Yukon and Saskatchewan.

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