RCMP arrest suspect in May hit and run incident
Posted Jan 7, 2016 01:00:55 PM.
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CHESTER BASIN, N.S. – A 25 year old man is facing several charges after being arrested for a hit and run incident that occurred last May.
Lunenburg District RCMP say they arrested Adam Jerome Dempsey at a home on Highway 3 in Chester Basin Wednesday evening.
Police say Dempsey was wanted for a hit and run incident that occurred in Chester last May, where one car rear-ended another vehicle sending the struck vehicle off the road and flipping on its roof.
A co-accused in the hit and run, 25-year-old Christopher Ross Dempsey, was previously arrested on an outstanding warrant and has a trial scheduled for February 2 at 9:30 a.m. in Bridgewater Provincial Court.
Dempsey faces several charges including Sexual Interference, Sexual Assault, Uttering Threats, Failing to Stop at the Scene of an Accident, Failure to Attend Court, three counts of Mischief, three counts of Breach of Probation and four counts of Failure to Comply with Recognizance.
Dempsey was scheduled to appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court Thursday.
