Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wanted man, 27-year-old Peter Campbell of Torbay, was arrested at a home on Adelaide Street in Carbonear yesterday.
Harbour Grace RCMP received information suggesting that Campbell was in possession of a handgun and was hiding out in Carbonear. Further information led police to the Adelaide Street home yesterday afternoon, where Campbell was located. RCMP officers from Harbour Grace and Bay Roberts detachments, along with the RCMP Emergency Response Team, surrounded the home. Other occupants of the residence were safely removed from the home and neighbouring properties were asked to shelter in place.
Following negotiations with police, Campbell surrendered himself without incident and was arrested for his outstanding warrant. Inside the home, RCMP recovered an item that appears to be a handgun or an imitation of a handgun. The investigation is continuing to determine if charges are appropriate.
Campbell appears in court in St. John’s today to answer to multiple charges laid by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, including robbery, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon or imitation weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon or imitation weapon, numerous counts of theft and breaches of probation.