PORT HAWKESBURY: A 22-year-old Port Hawkesbury man who was wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant has been arrested safely.

According to information provided by the RCMP, they attempted several times to locate Nicholas George Lush before requesting the public’s assistance in a Jan. 19 media release, where he was arrested in Port Hastings.

“The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance, including shares on social media,” RCMP Public Information Officer Sgt. Andrew Joyce said in a Jan. 20 statement.

Lush has ben charged with four counts of breach of a recognizance, two counts of assault, two counts of mischief, two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and overcoming resistance to a commission of an offence by choking.

RCMP suggest the charges are in connection with an assault that occurred against someone known to him in Port Hawkesbury on Jan. 14.

“To protect the identity of the victim, these are the only details we can provide at this time,” RCMP Public Information Officer Const. Dominic Laflamme told The Reporter on Jan. 22.

Drake Lowthers

Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.

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Drake Lowthers
Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.