Monthly Archives: May 2024

History

On this day May 9

Today in History

  • 2012 The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashes

    The regional jet was the first airliner produced in Russia since the end of the USSR in 1991. The doomed flight was a demonstration tour carrying potential customers. All 45 people on board perished in the crash, which was caused by pilot error.

  • 1997 Pete Peterson becomes the first U.S. ambassador to visit Vietnam after the end of the war

    Peterson, a Vietnam veteran, devoted himself to promoting reconciliation between the two countries. About 2.5 million Vietnamese, most of them civilians, were killed during the war.

  • 1979 Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed

    An Islamic revolutionary tribunal had convicted him of “contacts with Israel and Zionism” and “friendship with the enemies of God”. His execution triggered a Jewish mass exodus from Iran.

  • 1969 Carlos Lamarca begins his fight against Brazil’s military dictatorship

    Lamarca was a member of the communist organization Vanguardia Popular Revolucionária (VPR) and is well known for his urban guerilla actions. Brazilian forces killed him in 1971.

  • 1960 The first birth control pill is approved

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would add birth control as a new indication for the drug “Enovid”.

Crime

Assault with a weapon

Story Harvested From Saint John Police Dept

Assault with a weapon – Main Street

File: 24-3119

The Saint John Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman in connection with an aggravated assault investigation.

It is alleged that:

On Sunday, May 05, 2024, at 12:30 p.m., a woman was visiting an individual that was known to her in the 200-block of Main Street (North). When she arrived, she was assaulted by a masked woman with a bat. Members of the Saint John Fire Department were in the area and intervened.

The suspect left the scene in a vehicle that was parked in the area. The victim was treated at scene and was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Members of the Saint John Police Patrol Service Division responded and began to investigate. The female suspect was identified and taken into custody, without incident in another part of the city.

The 29-year-old accused woman was arrested for assault with a weapon. She was released on an undertaking to appear in court on July 16, 2024.

The police would like to thank the public for their assistance.