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Rural N B policing 'a joke'
 
2007 10 06
New Brunswick
CanadaEast Interactive
Response to rural New Brunswick's policing concerns 'a joke'
Retired Mountie says current method of policing 'simply not doing the job'
ALMA - "I retired here to smell the roses," says former RCMP Sgt. Robin Ettles of this seaside village known as the 'gateway to Fundy National Park' on the rugged Fundy coast just an hour's drive south of Moncton.
"But unfortunately it's gotten a little stinky around here lately."
The 'stink' Ettles is talking about is the sense he shares with many neighbours that there is growing disregard for the law in the village, mainly because troublemakers rarely see a police officer in town.
And Alma is far from alone, said Ettles in an interview with the newspaper yesterday.
Just days before a series of suspicious fires late last month that some say are the result of a 'family feud' in the Colpitts Settlement area, the village council in nearby Salisbury complained in open council that the $250,000 the village has to pay each year for RCMP coverage buys very little.
Members of Caledonia District 11 RCMP, the detachment responsible for Salisbury, rarely attend council meetings and are rarely seen in the village, complained Mayor Terry Keating.
That's certainly not the case now as a massive RCMP investigation into the fires has police officers patrolling everywhere in the area, though the locals often say if the police had been around more in the first place, the fires might not have happened.
But complaints about a lack of RCMP presence are growing steadily in other small southeastern communities; villages like Alma, Riverside-Albert and Hillsborough to name a few. All say the 'regional policing contract' the provincial government maintains with the RCMP serves them poorly, if at all.
In a letter-to-the-editor to be published by the newspaper on Monday, Ettles says he wrote to complain about policing in Alma on Aug. 6 to Public Safety Minister John Foran, local MLA Wayne Steeves, Rob Moore, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Fundy-Royal, Deputy Commissioner Steve Graham, the commanding officer for RCMP 'J' headquarters in Fredericton, District 11 RCMP CO Sgt. Paul Cormier and Alma Village Council.
Since then council has acknowledged receipt of the letter, two members of District 11 met once with council and a group of concerned citizens and Moore wrote back to say he's sent a copy to federal Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day. But, in the past month, he has not heard from the rest.
The newspaper had no success contacting any of the other recipients yesterday although, ironically, later in the day Ettles contacted the newspaper to say that he had received a letter from Foran just hours after the original interview.
In it Foran thanks Ettles for the letter, suggests the province might hire more RCMP when they are available, mentions that civilian officers could be available to Alma as part of Premier Shawn Graham's 'Charter for Change' policy and advises that he should call District 11 if he sees any suspicious activity.
Asked later in the day if he was satisfied with the response Ettles said "No. It's a joke."
Typically what happens in Alma when a resident sends in a complaint is that an RCMP officer -- sometimes from District 11 but sometimes from Codiac but District 11 isn't available -- eventually shows up, takes down a few notes and then asks 'so, why did this happen?'
Ettles finds that kind of response laughable in the context of his own experience with RCMP policing as it was done in rural Canada years ago. He joined the force in 1957 and retired in 1981. "An officer from a local detachment wouldn't ask such a question because he'd know why," he says.
While he surmises the RCMP started shutting down its rural detachments due to the expense of maintaining offices, equipment and indeed the extra officers, the rural policing formula that has replaced them is simply not doing the job.
"When you take the personal contact out of policing, when the people and the officers don't know one another, this is what happens.
"You go out and confront someone and they'll say 'go ahead and call the cops, they won't be here for an hour.' They think it's funny."
The disconnect affects the police officer too, says Ettles.
"One call about kids throwing apples at cars sounds like a 'Micky Mouse' complaint, but tell that to people who have put up with that for 30 or 35 nights in a row."
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Golfing Nude??
He just wants to show off his Balls and Putter !!!
Marc Langlais, 'exhibitionist' who was always "parading" around
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Quebec man Marc Langlais, 'exhibitionist' who golfed nude on beach, court told
Naturist from Rimouski did not offend public order, his lawyer argues CBC NEWS
2007 10 05
A Quebec man who often practised his golf swing in the nude on a New Brunswick beach is an "exhibitionist" who was always "parading" around, said one of several witnesses at the public nudity trial. Marc Langlais, a 57-year-old naturist from Rimouski, Que., is charged with 10 counts of public nudity and breach of probation after frequenting a Cap-Pelé beach in the summer of 2006. Sometimes he was completely nude while other times, as photos shown in court demonstrated, he wore only a tiny piece of cloth covering part of his genitals. Under the law, a person is considered "nude" not only when completely naked, but also if clad in a way that offends against public decency or order. In court this week in Shediac, Langlais's lawyer, Martin Aubin, argued that in today's society, a naked or semi-naked man hitting golf balls on a beach does not offend public order. Langlais's skimpy apparel wasn't anything more than what would be seen in a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition or late-night television, Aubin said. Crown attorney Gabriel Bourgeois argued the difference is people have a choice whether they will open those magazines or watch those television shows. He pointed out that the beach is used by families and a local day care. As the law on public nudity requires, people were indeed bothered by Langlais's nudity, Bourgeois said.
Mother upset that young girls saw nude manA mother of two young girls told the court on Thursday that her daughters, ages six and two, shouldn't have had to see Langlais naked while they were on holiday at the beach. Another witness for the Crown, Noella Gagnon, testified on Wednesday that Langlais, a retired gym teacher, was constantly "parading" around the beach. "He's an exhibitionist," Gagnon testified. "He wanders up and down the beach. Up and down. He mingles in the crowd." The evidence presented by the Crown showed that, despite being asked by several beachgoers to put on more clothing or leave the beach, Langlais often set up a tiny enclosure on a sandbar and then set out on walks and golfing excursions. Langlais keeps a summer home in the area and at the time of the incidents was already on probation for public nudity at the same beach. Most of the Crown's witnesses testified it wasn't the nudity that bothered them but that Langlais seemed to be flaunting his nakedness and disturbing the rest of the beachgoers. Langlais will have a chance to defend himself in court next week. With files from the Canadian Press =================================== We gratefully acknowledge the hard work and efforts by the original reporters and news mediums, to bring these reports to our attention. Our aim is to bring these stories/reports as much exposure as possible and credit those who provided them. Canadian Crime News http://groups.msn.com/CanadianCrimeNews/
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Drug-dealing brothers Guy Gordon Wetmore and Chris Norman Wetmore, sentenced on trafficking charges
HAMPTON - Before sentencing, lawyer Larry Veniot asked the judge to consider his client, convicted drug trafficker Guy Gordon Wetmore, a good dad who didn't take well to jail. Judge Henrik Tonning's heartstrings didn't appear pulled.
Tonning sentenced the 26-year-old Quispamsis man to five months in jail for selling drugs from his trailer park home in Hampton Provincial Court on Tuesday. Wetmore has been incarcerated since Sept. 17 when Tonning found him guilty of the offence.
"(The) month in jail doesn't sit well with Mr. Wetmore," Veniot said. "He's willing to do whatever he has to do to get back into the community.
"He knows he's at the end of his rope all the way around."
He said Wetmore has three children and owns a business.
Tonning pointed to evidence given during Wetmore's Sept. 10 hearing, and said his influence as a father is questionable.
The judge described the 3 a.m. drug bust scene as comprising of a room filled with blue smoke, one of Wetmore's children sleeping on an unmade bed and another on a cot, with "bags of dope" just a reach away.
"That's not what I call good parenting skills," Tonning said.
Wetmore has six entries on his criminal record, three of which are drug-related.
"This is a case (where) this individual just doesn't get it," Crown Prosecutor Kelly Winchester said.
Rothesay Regional Police performed a drug bust at Wetmore's home on Nov. 24, 2006. According to Winchester, more than 200 grams, or $2,000-$4,000 worth of marijuana, was seized.
Chris Norman Wetmore, 19, was found guilty on the same trafficking charge but because he has no criminal record, his five-month sentence will be served in the community. He will be under house arrest, allowed to leave to attend class at Kennebecasis Valley High School or work.
"He's carrying a load few people his age would carry," Tonning said of the teen who goes to school during the day and work at night.
The judge called the amount of drugs significant enough that "it could do a lot of damage on the street, trailer park or the schools."
Chris Wetmore apologized to the court and his brother, and said his involvement in crime will not be repeated.
"This is as close to the edge as you're going to get without going the other way," Tonning told him.
His older brother declined to say anything when given the chance in court.
Both Wetmores were also given two-year probation orders.
The older Wetmore will be in Sussex court on Nov. 15 for uttering threats to a neighbour on Feb. 16. Tonning was unable to deal with the matter on Tuesday because Victim Services had not completed a victim impact statement with the man involved, even though the Crown said he wanted to.
"What's going on with Victim Services? Enough of this," Tonning said. "I don't think they could find a blueberry in a bowl of milk. We get it all the time. All it does is make us look bad.
"It's frustrating for everyone."
He said because the victim is entitled to give a statement prior to sentencing, Wetmore will have to reappear for sentencing on that matter alone.
Victim Services, under the structure of the provincial Department of Public Safety, is located at the regional office in Saint John. Its two officers are responsible for compiling victim impact statements from the people who suffer as a result of a crime.
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Dodi Marie Brunette is a violent offender and likely to re-offend
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Cops warning public over Edmonton woman's release
Say Dodi Marie Brunette is a violent offender and likely to re-offend
By Sun Media
Edmonton Sun
2007 10 10
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Police are issuing a warning over a woman soon to be released from the city's prison for women.
Dodi Marie Brunette, 32, will be released from the Edmonton Institution for Women where she served 2 years and 1 month for aggravated assault, assault and theft under $5000.
Cops say she's a violent offender who's been convicted of numerous violent and weapons offences.
Despite completing some rehabilitation, police say she’s considered a high-risk to re-offend violently.
Brunette has an extensive record for violent offences, said police, who add she poses a risk of significant harm to the community.
Police describe her as native, five-foot-three and 110 pounds. She's got black hair and brown eyes and has tattoos of oriental writing on her right calf and pelvis, and ‘Doing Dirt’ on her left thumb.
Cops say they don't want to encourage vigilantism, rather they want citizens to take precautions should they come across Brunette.
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400 victims of knife crimes each week in London,
Knife happy or what?
400 victims of knife crimes each week in London, UK
Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent
2007 10 28
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The full extent of stabbings and robberies at knifepoint is made clear in the country's first census of knife crime.
Police recorded 5,023 serious knife crimes in England and Wales in the first three months after they began to count the offences as a separate crime category last spring. It is equivalent to about 400 offences per week. |
The highest rate is in London, where every resident has a one-in-1,100 chance of falling victim over the course of a year.
Londoners stand more chance of being stabbed or robbed at knifepoint than of being killed or seriously injured in a road accident.
Manchester and Birmingham are near the top of the league with shire counties having much lower rates of knife crime. However, Bedfordshire, a predominantly rural county, reports the third-worst rate.
The findings give the clearest picture yet of the extent of the "knife culture" on the nation's streets. The statistics, compiled in line with Home Office instructions, include only such serious offences as attempted murder, wounding and knifepoint robbery.
Totals would have been higher had ministers not told forces to exclude thousands of less serious offences, including possession of knives and stabbings that caused only minor injuries.
David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said: "These shocking figures betray the desperate state of violent crime under this Government. The Home Secretary says violent crime is down, but the figures show almost three serious knife crimes committed every hour. Labour's denial of the problem is part of the problem."
Until April, official statistics counted knife offences with other assaults involving weapons, making it harder to detect emerging trends.
Police began to keep a separate tally of serious knife crimes after a series of high-profile stabbings earlier this year.
Kodjo Yenga, 16, a youth team footballer with Queens Park Rangers, was killed in Hammersmith, west London, in March. Three days later, Adam Regis, 15, the nephew of John Regis, the former Olympic sprinter, died in Plaistow, east London.
The new figures were obtained from 37 of the 43 forces in England and Wales under the Freedom of Information Act. The remaining six, mostly smaller forces, said they were unable to provide data.
Adjusting for the missing areas, and adding in an estimated 50 knife murders which were excluded under Home Office counting rules, there were an estimated 5,450 serious knife offences during the three-month period, equivalent to one offence every 24 minutes or more than 21,000 over a full year.
Police in Bedfordshire said the figures were high because crime levels in Luton, the biggest town, were on a par with parts of London. Luton has the fourth-highest immigration rate of any town outside London, and a senior police officer claimed that the trend was fuelling crime.
Chief Supt Nicky Dahl said: "Knife crime is a real concern. There is a culture of young people carrying knives and we need to change that culture.
"When the census was taken in 2001, we had a population of 180,000. It is now far in excess of that. More than 2,500 Poles alone have arrived, with many arrested for drinking and violent offences."
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2007 11 01
New Brunswick
CanadaEast Interactive
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From The Times & Transcript
Former MLA fined $175,000 for tax and tobacco offences
Justice Roger Wedge changed plea to guilty before start of this week's trial
MONCTON - A former member of the New Brunswick legislature has been fined approximately $175,000 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and tobacco smuggling.
Roger Wedge of Rogersville was the Conservative member for the old Bay du Vin riding from 1982-87.
He faced dozens of tax charges dating back to 2000, along with several charges of being in possession of unstamped tobacco products in 2005.
Wedge had originally pleaded not guilty and was supposed to stand trial this week.
Instead, Wedge pleaded guilty to the tobacco charges and possession of the proceeds of crime.
The court heard Wedge was bringing the tobacco to New Brunswick from Montreal and selling it.
He was fined $116,000 and given a 12-month conditional sentence.
Wedge then appeared in another court, where all charges against his wife Yolande were dropped after he pleaded guilty to possession of illegal tobacco.
He also pleaded guilty to failing to report income during the 2004 taxation year and failing to remit harmonized sales tax on the cigarettes for each month of 2004.
The Crown withdrew the rest of the tax charges.
Wedge was fined more than $60,000 for those offences, for a total of approximately $175,000 in fines.
He was given five years to pay, and if he defaults, could spend up to four years in prison.
Wedge, who's suffering from diabetes and awaiting a heart transplant, apologized to the court for his actions prior to sentencing.
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Clinton Joe Hollett: Torturer hoping to get full parole soon
Day parole extension granted
AMHERST — One of two men who tortured and beat a man to death in 1998 has had his day parole extended and will soon be seeking full parole.
Clinton Joe Hollett’s day parole was extended by the National Parole Board after an Oct. 5 hearing, according to documents released by the board on Wednesday.
The board also said the 27-year-old will be seeking full parole at a hearing scheduled for late November.
Mr. Hollett was 17 when he and Jerrod (Jay) Alexander Byard, also 17, tied up Richard Earl Gillie, 35, in his Fairview apartment, beat him and burned him with a blowtorch until they found his stash of drugs. Every bone in Mr. Gillie’s face was broken when a neighbour found him the next morning, gagged and hog-tied with an extension cord.
The two teens pleaded guilty in adult court to second-degree murder. Mr. Hollett was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after seven years.
He was initially given day parole more than a year ago, but it was revoked last January after he violated conditions of his parole by drinking alcohol, possessing a prohibited laptop computer and cellphone inside his halfway house and driving a car without a licence.
Day parole was reinstated in March, and Mr. Hollett has been living in a halfway house since then.
In granting the day parole extension until his Nov. 22 hearing, the board noted that Mr. Hollett has followed the special conditions that were placed on him when he was last granted day parole.
Besides abstaining from drugs and alcohol, Mr. Hollett must avoid bars and taverns, have no association with any person known to have been or involved in criminal activity and have no contact with the victim’s family. He is also barred from participating in or attending any boxing or fighting events.
The latter condition was imposed because of the violent nature of Mr. Hollett’s crime, which the court said was "vicious and cold-blooded."
The board warned that it does have lingering concerns about granting Mr. Hollett full parole, even though it is being recommended by his case management team, mainly because Mr. Hollett did not follow through with seeing a psychiatrist as recommended.
However, the board did note that Mr. Hollett has success-fully completed a 12-week community maintenance program and has begun a "financial plan for future living and (is) gainfully employed."
And while his performance on day parole has not always been stellar, the board does not believe he poses an undue risk to the public by staying on day parole.
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Demone Tyler Smith: Parole denied due to threat of violence
Parole board: Yarmouth man too risky for day parole
When police raided Demone Tyler Smith’s Yarmouth home last year, officers found crack cocaine and a loaded handgun.
With only six months remaining in his 25-month sentence, the National Parole Board has decided that Mr. Smith is too violent to release back into the community on day parole.
"Given the presence of a loaded handgun in your residence, your parole officer suggested that staff safety could be an issue in the eventual supervision of your case in the community," board member Paul Soucy wrote in a recent decision.
The Correctional Service of Canada, the decision said, is of the view that Mr. Smith is likely to commit another violent offence if he’s released before the end of his sentence.
The parole board agreed and did not direct day parole.
Mr. Smith has seven convictions for violent offences, which include sexual assault, common assault, assaulting a police officer, robbery and possession of a firearm.
In June, Mr. Smith, 22, pleaded guilty to trafficking in crack cocaine after police seized 18 rocks of foil-wrapped crack during a search of his apartment on March 16, 2006.
He also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
The rocks ranged in size from a quarter gram to a half gram and were worth a total of about $1,000 on the street.
Mr. Smith’s relationship with his family is strained, the board noted. And he has limited education and marketable skills.
"Employment and attitude are the main contributing factors to your criminality and left unattended, would likely present stressors in the com-munity . . .," the board wrote.
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Former drug boss Donald Seymour, in drug case wants more freedom
SYDNEY — A former drug boss who survived an attempt on his life in 2005 looked unwell when he appeared in Sydney provincial court Wednesday on five drug-related charges.
Donald Seymour, whose liver and other organs were damaged in the shooting, looked unusually yellow and leaned heavily on his cane as he stood before Judge Brian Williston.
Instead of entering pleas to the charges, the 40-year-old Glace Bay man asked for a delay to give him time to hire a legal aid lawyer.
"I’m going over there today to fill out an application. Can I get some of those restrictions lifted?" said Mr. Seymour, who in December 2005 was shot over a drug debt by a fellow associate of the Hells Angels.
Judge Williston told him to get a lawyer and file an application if he wants changes to the conditions of his house arrest.
"My bills are starting to add up and I can’t get out to pay them," Mr. Seymour said. "I’m worried, I can’t leave the yard."
Judge Williston told him to return to court on Jan. 9 to enter pleas to five charges laid after an RCMP search of his vehicle on Sept. 10 uncovered 160,000 illegal cigarettes, an ounce of cocaine and a few grams of marijuana.
Mr. Seymour was released last month on conditions that include a 24-hour curfew at his father’s Glace Bay home, no phone calls, no association with criminals, and random searches by the RCMP or Cape Breton Regional Police at any time of day.
Mr. Seymour was convicted in 2001 with his brother Kenny of running a drug-selling gang in Vancouver. Kenny Seymour was killed in the December 2005 shooting at their Glace Bay home.
Nelson MacPhee of Dominion pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault and was sentenced in April to 15 years in prison.
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This is interesting News...
One that it tells of a Crime in Moncton, and on the Street where I lived for many years..
Two, that the article appeared in the Telegraph Journal, and not the Times & Transcript.
Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper.
Moncton home on Notingham Drive robbed twice; thieves swipe rare guitar
MONCTON - A Moncton family is angry after their house was broken into twice this week.
The thieves broke into the Notingham Drive home in Lewisville early Sunday morning and then again Thursday morning. The thieves got away with a laptop computer, cash, credit cards and a 25-year-old, limited edition Fender Stratocaster guitar.
The guitar belonged to the family's teenaged son, but had originally belonged to his grandfather.
Jody Mitton says his father bought it in the early 1980s and after playing it for many years, gave it to Mitton's son. He says the boy was devastated to lose the instrument.
"He's still in shock," says Mitton.
The guitar is unique, so Mitton hopes someone will recognize it when the thieves try to sell it. He says it's baby blue with white pick-ups and is in a hard-shell case.
"It's just like the one Jeff Healey played in Road House," he says.
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the article appeared in the Telegraph Journal, and not the Times & Transcript.
Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper.
It was in my copy of the T&T
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| 11-03-2007, 3:34 PM |
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BristolUK wrote: Paladin wrote: ...
the article appeared in the Telegraph Journal, and not the Times & Transcript.
Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper.
It was in my copy of the T&T
Dang..I only view it on line..
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| 11-03-2007, 4:15 PM |
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Paladin wrote: BristolUK wrote: Paladin wrote: ...
the article appeared in the Telegraph Journal, and not the Times & Transcript.
Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper.
It was in my copy of the T&T
Dang..I only view it on line..
You just made me curious. It's there too.
It's not on the main page but if you click 'news' from the front page, there are loads of other stories.
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| 11-03-2007, 5:37 PM |
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Paladin
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OK Bris..
Me acoppa ..![Embarrassed [:$]](/emoticons/emotion-10.gif)
When I screw up , I SCREW UP GOOD,, but the comment about the T & T still stands...
Maybe its because of that Fireball that landed in my place today, ...
Anybody got a rock big enough for me to crawl under...
Keeping you informed, entertained, amused.. and Spam Free Moncton Classified Ads. Buy, Sell, or Trade on Moncton.net. http://www.moncton.net/forum/default.aspx?GroupID=20 "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein -
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| 11-03-2007, 8:23 PM |
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Paladin wrote: .... but the comment about the T & T still stands...
That comment being "Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper."
I found that interesting when I read it the first time. Can you be more specific?
Ignored? Played down? Exaggerated?
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| 11-04-2007, 7:16 AM |
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BristolUK wrote:
Paladin wrote: .... but the comment about the T & T still stands...
That comment being "Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper."
I found that interesting when I read it the first time. Can you be more specific?
Ignored? Played down? Exaggerated?
That comment being "Crime reports in Moncton are a disgrace to the paper."
I found that interesting when I read it the first time. Can you be more specific?
Ignored? Played down? Exaggerated?
Well, scince you asked...
My experiences with the Courts in Moncton, goes back many years.
Up until a few years ago I was the Co ordinator of Greater Moncton Toughlove along with being involved in several other activities.
I have been in a Court Room dozens of times.Moncton has 3 Court Rooms.Two for adults and the one on the right for Young Offenders.
Outside the doors of each of the Adult rooms is a Docket Sheet containing the names of the people scheduled to appear.Each sheet would have at least 6 and sometimes 15+ names on it.That is on any given day of the week.I have been in all 3 Court Rooms at one time or another.Sometimes for the Defence, sometimes for the Prosecution and sometimes as an observer in certain cases.
Very little of what happens in those rooms makes it into the Newspapers.Yes, the BIG stories that everyone is aware of make it, but other stories just as important or even more so when it comes to sex offenders or pedophiles, sometimes do not.
What are the reasons? There are many, as the recent Cutbacks at Canada East, and others that I won't go into.
The Saint John News Paper has very good coverage, the best of all three in the Province. Fredericton has the worst, with Moncton not far ahead of it.
The Chronicle Herald and The Daily News in Halifax have Excellent coverage of what happenes.
Moncton has great reporters, just not enough covering the Courts as properly as they could.
Below is a clip from NovaNewsNow.com
,http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-152712-Kings-RCMP-as-of-Oct29.html
Kings County Register
There were 140 reports made to RCMP in Kings County between Oct. 25 and Oct. 29.
October 25, police were asked by a neighbour to check on the wellbeing of a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
A large package of diapers was stolen from a porch in Millville.
A parent from Central Kings reported an incident of bullying.
Vehicles parked on McDow Rd. in North Kentville were scratched and air let out of tires.
A group of youth loitering outside the Superstore in Kingston was blamed for graffiti.
A fence was damaged on Kakwa St. in Cambridge.
Someone backed into a car on the Dairy Queen lot in New Minas about 9:35 p.m. and drove off.
A minor fire in a gravel pit was reported on Brooklyn St. at 10:38 p.m.
A fight involving alcohol was reported at 11:15 p.m. from Belcher St. in North Kentville.
The Maple Leaf building supply store in Canning was broken into early October 26.
A case of fraudulent ID use was reported by an individual who’d been contacted by a collection agency about an account he’d never activated.
Two headstones were knocked over at the Union Cemetery in Aylesford.
A hunting camp burned to the ground near Highway 101 at New Minas. Police are investigating arson.
About 10 people in cars were making noise at the Pizza Delight parking lot in Kingston.
A restaurant worker found a large kitchen knife wrapped up and hidden in a washroom stall in Coldbrook.
Several hundred dollars were taken from a home on the Greenfield Rd. in Gaspereau.
There was a minor collision on the Lockhart Mt. Rd. in Coldbrook.
There was a three-vehicle collision in Wolfville at 4 p.m.
One female and two male shoplifters were stopped trying to steal a box of hair dye in New Minas.
A 60-year-old man was destroying property with a baseball bat on Middle Dyke Rd. at 5:59 p.m.
A Citizen Patrol member reported a collision in New Minas at 6:39 p.m.
At 10 p.m., five youth dressed in goth clothing were observed heading into a cemetery in Waterville with shovels and a red suitcase.
There was a loud party on Hillside Ave. and the tenant was charged, having been warned previously.
Two people were trapped temporarily after a collision in Canning. They were checked out at Valley Regional.
A box was set on fire in a backyard in Pereau.
A vehicle was gutted by fire on Highway 101 near Aylesford at 2 a.m. October 28.
Someone was up to mischief on Highland Ave. in Wolfville: a new hedge was ripped out for the third time.
A group of youth was causing a disturbance on Highbury Rd. in New Minas at 2:29 a.m.
After two visits by police, a party holder on Highland Ave. in Wolfville received a ticket under the noise bylaw.
There was a loud party on Kakwa St. in Cambridge at 3:28 a.m.
Three drunk youth were spotted on Highland Ave. in Wolfville at 3:33 a.m. One was ticketed for open liquor and his parents informed.
A blue Chev truck was stolen before 4:30 a.m. in Weston.
A vehicle hydroplaned on Highway 101 near Avonport and went in the ditch at 4:54 a.m.
There was a collision on Prospect St. in New Minas at 2:40 p.m.
About 15 youth were reportedly looking for a fight on Main St. in Kingston at 3 p.m.
Two dirt bikes were stolen from Steam Mill.
A collision took place in Hortonville.
Three bikes were stolen from a residence on Prospect St. in New Minas.
Two youth tried to light a dumpster on fire on Commercial St. in New Minas at 7:24 p.m. They ran into the woods.
A purebred beagle tied to a tree in Somerset was stolen. He had a red collar.
After a large party in Wolfville, two large beer kegs were reported stolen from Highland Ave. Each is worth $165.
The peace on Wickwire Ave. in Wolfville was disturbed by yelling early October 29.
There were two sudden deaths, five domestic incidents, an attempted suicide and two mental health complaints.
There were eight false commercial alarms, one false residential alarm and 16 false 911 calls – each one occupying an average of 30 minutes of an officer’s time.
another report from that same group..
Spectator
NovaNewsNow.com
On October 23 at 1:05 p.m. police received a complaint of property damage from the Bridgetown Regional Elementary School. This is the latest incident in a series of cases where vandals are targeting local schools.
Over the past few weeks, the Bridgetown High School and the Lawrencetown Consolidated School were damaged. In all cases a group of youth were seen late at night in a vehicle around the school property.
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