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Nine months’ jail time for CP Rail vehicle break-ins
By Peggy Revell on May 11th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A Hatter received a nine- month sentence Thursday in relation to a string of break-ins to CP Rail vehicles where credit cards were stolen and fraudulently used around the city. Due to time spent in custody, 44-year-old David Messervey has 58 days left to serve of his sentence, with the judge denying defence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oyen child luring suspect given bail
By Peggy Revell on May 11th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Bail was granted Thursday to a young Oyen man facing child luring and pornography charges. A publication ban prevents the publishing of evidence or arguments presented during the bail hearing for 18-year-old Austin Palmer, who was arrested in March and remained in custody since then. Palmer was released on a $3,000 no-cash recognizance, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First-degree murder case adjourned one week
By Medicine Hat News on May 10th, 2018
The Medicine Hat man charged with first-degree murder in the death of 64-year-old James Satre made a brief appearance in court on Thursday. Counsel for Robert S. Hoefman was granted an adjournment to May 17, as they go through a large amount of disclosure and discuss with Crown to decide how many days will be needed for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fired after racist rant in Denny’s
By J.W. Schnarr on May 10th, 2018
jwschnarr@lethbridgeherald.com LETHBRIDGE HERALD A woman seen in a viral video on social media making racist remarks during a recent argument in a Lethbridge Denny’s has apologized for her actions — and has been dismissed form her job — but says the video does not show the entire story. The video in question, from April 21, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Other guilty pleas accompany Canada Day carjacking withdrawal
By Peggy Revell on May 10th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell A carjacking charge was dropped, while other guilty pleas were entered Wednesday by a B.C. man who drove dangerously along the Trans-Canada Highway on Canada Day in 2016. “It’s probably only by the gift of God that no one was hurt,” said Judge Ted Fisher, at the sentencing for 53-year-old Daniel Joseph Landry, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMA, police partner to curb vehicle theft
By Peggy Revell on May 10th, 2018
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Lock it or lose it —that’s the slogan for a newly launched Alberta Motor Association and police campaign to reduce vehicle theft. “Alberta unfortunately is leading in all of the wrong ways when it comes to vehicle theft. In 2016, 23,000 vehicles were stolen, that’s 62 a day across the province and three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aluma Systems will have its day in court next February
By Peggy Revell on May 10th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A company charged following an ammonia leak at CF Industries in 2015 that left one workerdeadand another injured entered not-guilty pleas Wednesday. A multi-day trial for AlumaSystems Inc. was set for Feb. 4-15, 2019 for charges under theOccupational Health and Safety Act. The company is charged withtwo counts offailureto ensure the health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Not guilty, says 34-year-old accused in break-ins, thefts
By Peggy Revell on May 10th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Not-guilty pleas were entered Wednesday by a man Mounties arrested in connection to a number of break-ins and thefts of property in northern Cypress County and Medicine Hat. Counsel for Tyler GregoryOtterson set the trial for July 27 for the eight counts the 34-year-old faces. A statement from the Redcliff RCMP detachment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat bakery uses doughnuts to send pro-LGBTQ message to MLA Drew Barnes
By Collin Gallant on May 9th, 2018
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A box of doughnuts proclaiming “It’s OK to be Gay” sent to a local MLA’s office is creating a social media frenzy across the province. The bakery’s owners, however, say the message is clear and comes after the United Conservative Party voted at last weekend’s policy convention to reverse current rules about informing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trial set for company charged in fatal workplace ammonia leak
By Medicine Hat News on May 9th, 2018
Not guilty pleas were entered Wednesday by a company charged following an ammonia leak at CF Industries in 2015 that left one worker dead and another injured. A multi-day trial for Aluma Systems Inc. was set down for Feb. 4 -15, 2019, for charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company is charged with two counts of failure to ensure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five months in jail for assaulting women, police
By Peggy Revell on May 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A man who assaulted a police officer and two women was given a five-month jail sentence. Lawrence Guiboche was charged following an incident on Jan. 29, when police were called over a complaint of an assault, and he kicked an officer in the chest while they were arresting him. Then on Jan. ... Read More »
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