A man from Cape Breton plead guilty to charges under the Police Identity Management Act in Sydney provincial court on Wednesday.

In May 2023, Colin James Penny was the first person charged under the new Nova Scotia law when Cape Breton Regional Police seized pieces of police uniforms, guns and other items from his apartment following his arrest in Millville, N.S.

The act was created in response to the April 2020 rampage, in which a gunman masquerading as an RCMP officer killed 22 people. The act …