Nova Centre crane climber pleads not guilty

Posted Jan 6, 2015 07:49:19 AM.

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One of the men charged after getting caught climbing a construction crane in downtown Halifax has pleaded not guilty to charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.

On September 30th, two men were seen climbing one of the cranes on the Nova Centre site around 1 a.m.

According to The Chronicle Herald, 23-year-old Darren Andre Pettipas of Linwood in Antigonish County will next appear in court June 4th.

The second man, a 23-year-old, was charged with public intoxication.

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