Update: Youth charged with weapons offences released on undertaking
The Telegram
A youth charged with possession of a dangerous weapon has been released from custody on an undertaking.
The 17-year-old was arrested around 11:45 Friday night in the area of Ashlen Crescent in Paradise after police received reports of a man threatening people with a weapon.
This morning in provincial court in St. John’s the man was charged with possessing a dangerous weapon — a knife and fireplace poker — and uttering threats.
The young man, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was released on an undertaking with conditions to not carry weapons, consume alcohol or drugs and to have no contact with six people. He’s also not permitted to leave the province.
He will appear in youth court again on Sept. 9.
