RCMP arrest N.S. man wanted on provincewide warrant

Nova Scotia RCMP say a man who was the subject of a provincewide warrant was arrested without incident Saturday on the province's Eastern Shore.

Brandon CrawfordGrant, 26, was wantedfor being at large without excuse.

Police saidthey were called to a home inWest Petpeswick, N.S., on Wednesday afterreports of a man in distress. Officers learned the man had damaged the home with an axe and ran into the woods.

As a precaution, a hospital and school were closed, but later reopened.

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