On Saturday afternoon, MPF officers received several reported concerning a middle aged male who frequents business parking lots seeking unlocked vehicles to steal contents from. MPF officers wish to remind motorists to lock their vehicles. Officers also request that the…
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Police Briefs: MPF quickly arrests lurking thief
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Gas Station Armed Robbery Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
On November 26th, 2014, the Petro-Canada on Hwy 11 was robbed by man brandishing a weapon that looked like a gun, and who was holding his hoodie closed in front of his face. Convenience store workers told MO))) that the…
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7 and 12 times: Man and woman appear on repeat offences
Yesterday at the Miramichi law courts, two familiar faces were before the courts on charges thay had faced many times before. The woman, for the 7th time, was facing jail time for driving while her license was suspended, and a…
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13 Court Briefs: Nash’s Knuckles Net Conviction
Joey Thomas Nash and Corrine Eileen Stout face drug charges, and Nash also faces weapons charges. The drug charges will be heard at trial on September 21st, but in the meantime Nash pleaded guilty to the weapons charges. He pleaded…
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Carjacker pleads guilty
On February 3rd a man jumped into a running truck at Tim Horton’s and drove away with it. The owner of the truck, Todd Martin, attempted to stop him and was injured in the process. Shortly after police arrested The…
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McCray’s lawyer vows vigorous fight of gun charges
Soloman Friedman was on the line today for a conference with Miramichi judge Denis Lordon and Crown Prosecutor Jean-Guy Savoie. The issue at hand was the long list of witnesses and issues that Soloman wants to unveil at the preliminary…
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Man, 52, pleads guilty to 16 child sex offences
In January, a Doaktown man made his first appearance on 3 charges of touching someone under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose. Before he could come back to court to make a plea to the charges, the 3…
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9 Court Briefs: Woman makes false allegations
Brady Lynch was to stand trial on breach allegations, but the matter was put on hold because it was learned that Lynch was on an undertaking for a crime that he did not commit. Stephanie Beaulieu pleaded guilty to making…
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23 Court Briefs: Curtis to stand trial on meth dealing charges
Jesse L Curtis pleaded not guilty to possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking. He is represented by legal aid lawyer Simon Wood, and will stand trial on August 7th. Canyon Barnaby is charged with break and enter into…
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10 Police Briefs: Car stolen, mouthwash drinker taken to hospital
On Saturday afternoon, MPF officers are investigating the theft of a 2010 Honda Accord, black in colour, NB Lic NCB-243, that was stolen from a Water St driveway. If anyone has any information on the location of this vehicle, or…
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Man found not guilty of assault with rope and night stand
A young couple got loaded on vodka, shot up with hyrdromorphone, then trashed their house after one of them had a jealous fit. The RCMP charged the man with assaulting the woman with a wooden night stand, and with unlawful…
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Court Briefs: man denies choking victim
Nick Mullin pleaded guilty to assaulting his on again off again girlfriend, but disagreed with the facts presented so his sentencing was adjourned. There will be a hearing next Wednesday where both he and the complainant will give their sides…
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Court Briefs: toy collector stiffed by Miramichi fraudster
In 2012, a toy collector from Windsor, Ontario negotiated a price for over 350 transformer toys from a Jesse Gauvin of Miramichi. He sent Gauvin $787 for the toys, but Gauvin only sent him one toy, and blames an unknown…
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Is Wilbur Dedam harrassing his alleged victims?
Wilbur Dedam, former chief of the Burnt Church First Nation, is in jail on charges that he breached an undertaking to have no contact with the victims of his alleged sexual assaults. Dedam, 61, was arrested over the weekend and…
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8 Court Briefs: impaired driving causing death case delayed
A Miramichi woman faces charges that she was driving while impaired and caused the death of her friend. Peyton Simon`s case has been adjounred until July 27th as her lawyer, Scott Fowler, said he is working on a resolution. Fowler…
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Tilly moves to create registry for violent offenders
Press Release – Miramichi – June 15th The Conservative Member of Parliament for Miramichi, Tilly O’Neill Gordon, today announced that she will be tabling a private members bill which when passed will see the establishment of a National Violent Offenders…
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Police seek help on theft of topsoil and Impala
On Wednesday afternoon, two separate residents of Retirement Miramichi report that sometime overnight, someone stole bags of top soil from their yards. If anyone has any information about these events, they are asked to contact the MPF at 623-2124. Later…
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3 Court Briefs: man sentenced for impaired driving in 1996
Jerry Kenneth Adams was charged with impaired driving in August of 1996, but moved to Alberta and never stood trial. He attempted to visit the United States, but was stopped because of the warrant of arrest against him, and finally…
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Wilbur Dedam must stay out of Neguac
Last weekend former Burnt Church Chief Wilbur Dedam was arrested for allegedly breaching the conditions of his release on 6 sex related crimes. On Monday Dedam appeared in custody and was charged with breaching the condition that he not have…
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Trepannier pleads guilty, lawyer plans constitutional challenge
Todd Trepannier, 47, was one of three men caught up in an RCMP investigation that resulted in charges of weapons trafficking and charges for the unlawful transfer of firearms at a Miramichi outfitting store. Between April and July last year,…
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