The Mayor of Harbour Grace is among many in the Trinity-Conception area who are alarmed over a dramatic increase in violent deaths in the region.
In April of 2023 the remains of a 34-year-old man were found inside a burned-out pickup on a gravel road near Harbour Grace. The investigation into the homicide continues.
Meanwhile, RCMP are investigating a remarkably similar event after human remains were found inside a burned-out pickup on Country Road in Bay Roberts on Monday.
In addition, a burned-out BMW that police linked to a shooting on Random Island was found near Makinsons last weekend.
It’s left residents of the Trinity-Conception area feeling very unsettled about the level of criminal activity in the region.
Don Coombs told VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly that greater resources need to be provided to law enforcement to address the rising level of serious crime in the region.
He says with federal and provincial elections possible in the next period of time, he’s urging “every town, city and community in the province to get ahold of all the candidates, and we have to lobby the province to get more resources for law enforcement. I think both the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the RNC are short-staffed. I know we (in Trinity-Conception) have the busiest detachment in Newfoundland and Labrador.”