The North Bay Police Service arrested and charged two people on the 400 block of Main Street West at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday.
James Joseph Hendry, age 33 of North Bay was charged with:
- two counts of careless storage of firearm;
- one count of careless storage of ammunition;
- two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- two counts of possession of firearm contrary to prohibition order;
- one count of possession of ammunition contrary to prohibition order;
- one count of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; and
- one count of possession of schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking.
A female teenager, whose name the North Bay Police Service is withholding in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged with:
- two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- three counts of careless storage of a firearm or ammunition; and
- one count of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Police searched Hendry and seized:
- 5.6 grams of crack cocaine with a street value estimated at $700.
Police searched the young person’s vehicle and seized:
- 188 rounds of 22 calibre ammunition;
- a loaded semi-automatic 22 calibre rifle; and
- an unloaded 303 calibre rifle.
Hendry was held in custody pending bail, while the young person was released from custody with a court date scheduled for June 1st.
