The Nova Scotia RCMP has charged a man with impaired operation and firearms offences after responding to a report of an intoxicated man at a restaurant in Oxford.
On February 23, at approximately 7:45 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of an intoxicated man at a restaurant in Oxford. Upon arrival, officers learned that the man, who was showing signs of impairment, had driven to the restaurant. He was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
While officers searched the man, they located and seized a loaded handgun*.
Christopher Lamert Jobe, 42, of Warren, has been charged with:
- Careless Use of Firearm
- Possession of a Prohibited Firearm with Ammunition
- Carrying Concealed Weapon
- Unauthorized Possession of Loaded Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Weapon
- Unauthorized Possession in a Motor Vehicle
- Possession of Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
- Possession of Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
- Operation While Impaired
- Operation of a Conveyance 80mg% or over
Jobe was transported to Oxford RCMP detachment and provided breath samples that registered 260 mg% and 250 mg%. He was later released on an undertaking. Jobe is scheduled to appear in Amherst Provincial Court on April 14.
Due to Jobe being an off-duty municipal police officer, the matter was referred to the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT), which oversaw the investigation.
*The handgun was not a service weapon.
File #2025-242858