Public Advisory: Investigation Leads to Charges for Discharging a Firearm from a Provincial Highway

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) arrested Adam Young in St. John’s on June 6 as part of a firearms investigation conducted by the Weapons and Drugs Enforcement Unit, with a search of a Watson Street residence resulting in the seizure of a loaded firearm and ammunition. Young, 38, faces charges including Careless Use of a Firearm, Possession of a…

A Grand Falls-Windsor man was convicted of discharging a firearm from a provincial highway while moose hunting and was fined $1,000. He also received a five-year hunting prohibition, and a firearm and moose were forfeited; the incident occurred west of Grand Falls-Windsor near the Grand Falls Golf Club.