Diagolon leader and controversial online streamer Jeremy MacKenzie has been arrested in Nova Scotia, the RCMP has confirmed.."At approximately 2 p.m. today, Jeremy MacKenzie was arrested on Bissett Rd. in Cole Harbour, in relation to a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest," the RCMP said in a statement to the Western Standard late Wednesday night.."The arrest warrant is related to charges laid by the Saskatchewan RCMP. He’ll be remanded into custody as part of the court process related to his arrest warrant.".The Saskatchewan RCMP said MacKenzie was charged this summer with assault, pointing a firearm, mischief, and using a restricted weapon in a careless manner. The arrest came after the RCMP received a report in March this year about an alleged assault that happened near Viscount, SK, in November 2021..This is not MacKenzie's first run-in with the law. After a police search in January 2022, MacKenzie was also charged in his home province of Nova Scotia with 13 firearms-related offences after police searched his house. .MacKenzie was charged with harassment and intimidation in March in connection with an anti-mask protest outside the home of Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang..MacKenzie's arrest comes just days after his partner, Morgan May, was released from jail after being arrested a week earlier for failing to pay for $64 worth of gas. May said in a Facebook post that she merely forgot to pay, and she believes her arrest was "set up due to political pressure.".MacKenzie, a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, created the fictitious country 'Diagolon' in response to the Canadian government's overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic. His Telegram group amassed more than 14,000 followers, and his Youtube channel had over 10,000 followers before being taken down earlier this month..The 36-year-old has made headlines in recent months for meeting and shaking hands with then-Conservative Leadership Candidate Pierre Poilievre at a meet and greet in Nova Scotia. Several Liberal and New Democrat MPs called on Poilievre to denounce MacKenzie, whose group Diagolon has been called a far-right, accelerationist group..READ MORE: Legacy media blasts Poilievre for shaking hands with Diagolon founder.Poilievre refused to call out MacKenzie directly, instead denouncing racism "and all who spread it." But that changed on Monday, after MacKenzie made a crude joke about sexually assaulting Poilievre's wife during a livestream.."Like a midnight snack, when everyone's asleep, I'm gonna sneak into this fridge and cut myself off a piece of that Venezuelan brown cake," MacKenzie said..READ MORE: Poilievre tells Diagolon leader 'Leave my family alone' after lewd joke.In response, Poilievre called Diagolon's members, "dirtbags," "losers," and "odious." Poilievre also said his office would reach out to the RCMP to explore laying charges against MacKenzie.."People can attack my politics, they can call me names, they can protest my ideas and what I stand for, but threatening my wife and family is appalling and I will not tolerate it," Poilievre said in a statement. "Leave my family alone.".A GiveSendGo fundraiser, which has been set up to pay for MacKenzie's legal defense fund, already raised nearly $13,000 of its $20,000 goal. The campaign's description claims the Canadian government has "launched a series of politically motivated actions against him," and the Saskatchewan government has brought back criminal charges against MacKenzie that have "already been debunked.."Jeremy’s situation is like that of Tamara Lich of Freedom Convoy 2022," the campaign continues. "The Government of Canada is afraid of what they are saying and are using the ‘justice” system to silence them, hoping it will serve as a warning to others.".On Wednesday night, Diagolon's Telegram posted the message, "Do they really think four walls can hold Diagolon?"
