It’s a busy day in Yarmouth Provincial Court.
About two dozen people are set to appear today in relation to incidents at a Middle West Pubnico lobster pound last October.
A van was vandalized and hundreds of lobsters were spread on the ground outside.
A few days later, the lobster pound was destroyed by a suspicious fire.
Eight people are charged with mischief and break and enter, while 15 are charged with break and enter.
The incidents came as tensions between commercial and Mi’kmaw fishers were at an all-time high.
Commercial fishers were upset over an out of season moderate livelihood fishery by the Sipekne’katik First Nation.
The following people have been charged with Break and Enter:
- Devin Edward Belong, 26, Shelburne County
- Leslie Edward Belong, 29, Shelburne County
- Roderick Bruce Conrad,53, Shelburne County
- James Alfred D’Entremont, 55, Yarmouth County
- Marcel Renald D’Entremont, 29, Yarmouth County
- Kevin Paul D’eon, 41, Yarmouth County
- Kevin Mark Donaldson, 51, Yarmouth County
- Christopher Howard Goreham, 40, Shelburne County
- Curtis Leigh Conrad Goreham, 36, Shelburne County
- Josh Andrew Larkin, 27, Yarmouth County
- Shawn Joseph Muise, 46, Yarmouth County
- Travis Nickerson, 27, Yarmouth County
- Sterling Scott Penney, 49, Shelburne County
- Troy Warren Irvin Penney, 43, Yarmouth County
- Jered Owen Scott, 22, Shelburne County
In additional, the following people have been charged with Mischief and Break and Enter:
- Tyler Leslie Belong, 28, Shelburne County
- Samuel Spencer Corning, 27, Yarmouth County
- Blair Daniel Dentremont, 46, Yarmouth County
- Charles Richard Hines, 50, Shelburne County
- Sean Roy Messenger, 28, Yarmouth County
- Michael Pearle Nickerson, 66, Yarmouth County
- Gordon Malcolm Stoddard, 57, Shelburne County
- Merle Kevin Swaine, 65, Shelburne County
