The average person only interacts with the law only a few times in his or her life. Buying a house, getting married/divorced and planning your estate are the most common occurrences. When it comes to matters of a criminal nature, it’s not surprising that many people are unsure, scared or embarrassed by what comes next.
The driver, whose truck was involved in the collision with the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, has been charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death for every person who died and one count of dangerous driving causing injury for every person who survived but was injured.
The RCMP seized property pursuant to a search warrant. That entitled them to hold the property for 90 days, after the 90 days it is returnable.
A Calgary man who strangled his wife and disposed of her body after enduring what he described as years of domestic abuse has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Allan Shyback will get credit for time already served so he faces just under three more years behind bars.
A 17 year old teen, who after drinking magic mushroom tea and began acting strange, walked in his sock feet from a house party to a local Safeway in Lethbridge. Inside the grocery store he assaulted a woman and then went behind the deli counter and grabbed a 10″ butcher knife. He then walked out into the street into a residential area.
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Calgary police arrested a man they say refused to stop his vehicle when the officer tried to pull him over on after observing him weaving, changing speeds.
The accused just wanted to get home peacefully, only a few blocks away, so he kept driving. That was his second bad decision, his first was consuming alcohol to the point that his ability to drive was impaired.
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Jillian Williamson, Associate of Der Burgis, blogs about mistaken identity. Ms. Williamson was successful in defending her client on the issue of mistaken identity against charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. (Names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.)
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