Pair charged after rural gunfire incident
Logan & Lucas Cullins, ages 35 and 32, accused of firearms offences alleging Jan. 3 events
Two men are scheduled to return to court later this month to answer to charges stemming from an alleged gunshot incident in Nortondale, near Nackawic, early in the new year.
Logan Cullins, 35, of Route 104 in Millville, and Lucas Cullins, 32, of Dunns Crossing Road in Fredericton, both face charges after a Jan. 3 incident in Nortondale, about 15 kilometres north of Nackawic and 65 kilometres west of Fredericton, the RCMP reports.
Court records show the pair face the following counts, all alleged to have occurred Jan. 3:
discharging a firearm at Bryden Briand with intent to wound, maim, disfigure or endanger his life of Bryden Briand;
pointing a rifle at Briand;
pointing a rifle at Chantale Harper;
using a rifle in a careless manner;
and possessing that non-restricted firearm without a licence.
Furthermore, Lucas Cullins faces related charges of uttering a threat to Harper to cause death or bodily harm to her and Bryden Briand; and uttering a threat to Harper to kill an animal belonging to her.
“On Jan. 3, 2025, at approximately 6:45 p.m., members of the Nackawic and Keswick RCMP detachments responded to a report of a firearm-related incident on Nackawic Siding Road, in Nortondale,” the Keswick RCMP detachment said in a news release Wednesday.
“When police arrived at the scene, it was confirmed that a firearm was discharged towards an individual following an altercation between three people. Two individuals had since fled the scene.”
After the two suspects were quickly identified, the release said, officers arrested them Jan. 4 without incident.
They appeared in custody in Fredericton provincial court Jan. 6, the RCMP said, and both were released on conditions and directed to return to court Jan. 27 to elect mode of trial and enter pleas.
The release noted the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.