Stephen Tynes guilty of weapons charge

Sentencing slated for October

A Truro man suspended from Dalhousie University will be sentenced Oct. 26 after recently pleading guilty in provincial court in Halifax to a weapons charge.

Stephen Gregory Tynes, 31, of King Street, pled guilty last Friday to unauthorized possession of a prohibited device – an overcapacity cartridge magazine.

Documents filed after Tynes was charged last summer indicated that police had seized 1,834 rounds of ammunition, rifles and gun accessories from a Halifax apartment.

He was also charged at that time with making death threats against two people connected to Dalhousie University. The threat charges were later dropped in exchange for a peace bond.

Tynes is also scheduled to appear in mental health court on Sept. 22 for an application related to a sexual assault charge laid last winter by Halifax Regional Police. The sexual assault offence is alleged to have occurred between May 22 and 25, 2013.