kentville man charged in incident that saw premier's windshield smashed during wolfville protest
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protesters rally outside of nova scotia premier tim houston's first stop on his state of the province tour at the annapolis valley chamber of commerce event in wolfville wednesday.
kirk starratt
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annapolis valley register
rcmp in kings county have charged a man in connection with the fracas that broke out at acadia university last week and saw the windshield of premier tim houston’s car smashed.
several people with various issues with decisions by the provincial government had gathered at acadia on wednesday for houston’s visit to an event sponsored by the annapolis valley chamber of commerce.
when houston was trying to leave, some in the crowd became unruly, and one person jumped on top of the car and broke the windshield.
two days later, police arrested jacob victor stephen smith, 19, of kentville. smith has been charged with intimidation of a justice system participant, two counts of intimidation and one of mischief.
smith appeared briefly in kentville provincial court monday and is being held in custody until his next court appearance.
court records show smith has one other matter before the courts, a charge of possession of a prohibited weapon stemming from an incident on march 30. that matter had been referred to the province’s restorative justice program, under which an individual can avoid a criminal record if they meet conditions and participate in the program.
the investigation into last week’s incident is ongoing.
police said smith is not the person arrested the day of protests at acadia. that individual was released without charges
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