Daily Archives: August 20, 2024

Crime

Arrests in Commercial Break and Enter – Crown Street

 

Story Harvested From Saint John Police Dept

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The Saint John Police have arrested 3 youths in connection with a commercial break and enter on Crown Street.

It is reported that:

On Monday, August 19, 2024, at approximately 8:55 a.m., officers responded to report of a break and enter at a business in the 70-block of Crown Street.

On arrival, police discovered that the business had been broken into and a quantity of Canadian currency had allegedly been stolen.

As a result of an investigation done by members of the Saint John Police Patrol Services Division 3 youths were identified and taken into custody in relation to this incident.

The youths are held in custody and scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.

For more news, visit News | Saint John Police Force

History

On this day August 20

Today in History

  • 1993 Oslo accords negotiations conclude

    The negotiations for the Oslo Accords were concluded at the Fafo Institute in Oslo. The agreement was between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The accords, that were eventually signed in Washington D.C. set up the Palestinian Authority and gave it governing powers over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

  • 1988 The Iran-Iraq War comes to an end after 7 years

    The deadly conventional war between the two Middle Eastern countries began when Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980.

  • 1975 Viking 1 is launched by NASA using a Titan launch vehicle

    It became the first space probe to successfully land on Mars.

  • 1960 Senegal withdraws from the Mali Federation

    Senegal withdrew from the Mali Federation, a year after its establishment. Léopold Senghor became the first president of Senegal a month later.

  • 1940 Leon Trotsky is attacked in Mexico

    Russian revolutionary and founder of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky was attacked in his home by an undercover agent of the Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs or N.K.V.D. He died a day later due to the injuries sustained during the attack.