Suspect denies homemade-handgun charges
Brayden Atyeo, 19, of Fredericton, also pleads not guilty to residential break-in allegation
A Fredericton man will stand trial in about a year’s time on charges alleging he fashioned his own homemade pistol and broke into a northside home this past fall.
Brayden Atyeo, 19, of Priestman Street, appeared in Fredericton provincial court with defence lawyer Ken Allen on Tuesday to answer to numerous indictable charges.
The defendant is accused of breaking into a Gesner Lane home with intent to commit an indictable offence; manufacturing a prohibited weapon - a .22 calibre pistol - without authorization; possessing the pistol for a purpose dangerous to the public peace; carrying it as a concealed weapon; possessing a prohibited weapon without a licence and knowing he didn’t have a licence for it; and breaching a court order prohibiting him from possessing firearms.