Man charged in connection to Christmas Eve homicide in Halifax

By CityNews Halifax Staff

Halifax Regional Police (HRP) have charged a man in connection to a homicide that took place last year.

At roughly 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 24, 2022, police responded to a report of a disturbance involving several people on Brunswick Street in Halifax.

Officers found Ryan Michael Sawyer, 31, unresponsive on the sidewalk just east of Brunswick on Prince Street.

Police say he was transported to hospital where he later died.

Alexander Pishori Levy, 37, was arrested on Wednesday after he turned himself in at HRP headquarters.

Levy was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court on Wednesday to face charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.