HRP investigates after vehicles damaged by stolen front-end loader

CITYnews halifax / By Mark Hodgins

Halifax Regional Police is searching for a suspect after a front-end loader equipped with a snowplow was stolen from a local rink and used to damage vehicles.

HRP said officers were called to the 0-100 block of Pleasant St. around 2 a.m. Friday to reports of multiple damaged cars. Some of those vehicles were heavily damaged, police said.

Those officers found the abandoned backhoe nearby, and said it had been stolen from the Dartmouth Sportsplex. It’s believed that vehicle was used in the hit-and-runs.

Anyone with information, or those who believe their vehicles was damaged in the incident too, are encouraged to get in touch with police.