Good samaritan alerts police to erratic driver
A Miramichi motorist in a blue truck was following a small car on the King George Highway and thought the driver was driving erratically. The motorist continued to follow the car that was swerving in...
View ArticlePolice advise businesses of window washing scam
On August 6th, MPF officers received several reports concerning a business scam involving a male who went to several businesses on Johnson Ave seeking money for sign or window cleaning. The male was...
View ArticleBail Hearing: 37 y/o female accused of sexual interferance
Tammy Lynn Fraser, 37 of Doaktown, was in court on Friday for bail hearing. She is being held in custody on charges that she touched a person under 16 for a sexual purpose on two dates, July 29 and...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: youth released, charged with car theft and fire
On Friday in youth court, a youngster appeared in the custody of the Sheriffs to face two charges: that he stole a car; and that he cause damage to a care by fire. The youngster was released into the...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: Foran’s trial date set
Eric Foran had a bail hearing on Friday, July 18th, and received a long list of conditions that he would have to abide by in order to be freed, pending trial on several charges. Foran, 36 of Newcastle,...
View ArticleFraser’s sexual interference plea today
Tammy Lynn Fraser,37, is accused of two counts of sexual interference involving someone less than 16 years old. She also faces assault and resisting arrest charges on another matter. Regarding the...
View ArticlePay your bills: MLPI responds to Premier’s comments (audio)
On July 25th MLPI (Miramichi Lumber Products Inc) filed a lawsuit against the provincial government because they could not get crown wood they needed to run their operation more than 17 weeks a year....
View ArticleCourt Briefs: Busy day at the Miramichi Law Courts
Several individuals enjoying themselves in DNR patrolled forests did something to land them in court. Marcial Rousselle and Francis Savoie both pleaded guilty to violations of the “off road vehicle...
View ArticleCocaine dealer and spouse sentenced
How much coke could a coke dealer deal if a coke dealer could deal coke? The answer might surprise you. In 2010 the Neguac RCMP began investigating Mark Ryan Lambert for selling drugs. Lambert had a...
View ArticlePolice bust hitchhiker for illegal smokes
One evening last week MPF officers and paramedics attended to a vehicle/bicycle accident which had occurred on Water St at Henderson St. A 16 year old bicyclist failed to stop at the Henderson St stop...
View ArticleCouncillors Disagree on Tall Ships Date
The Director of Tourism for the City of Miramichi has been researching dates for the next Tall Ships Festival, and has delivered a report on the issue to City Council. At an August 18th meeting of the...
View ArticleLocation of new K-8 school revealed
A new school for students in kindergarten through Grade 8 will be built on the same property as Croft Elementary School in Miramichi. Minister of Human Resources Robert Trevors made the announcement...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Pellet Plant Plans Feasibility Study
The owner of a pellet mill near Fredericton has gotten a promise of wood allocation from the NB government, and is moving ahead with a feasibility study to build a pellet mill in Miramichi that would...
View ArticleRight Skills at the Right Time: Pipeline training in Miramichi
The UA (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada) has a training facility on the corner of Water Street and Princess...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: new mother evades jail sentence
Victoria Raven McMahon was to be sentenced on August 7th for using a stolen credit card, but she failed to show up. She was arrested and brought to court on Monday. On February 24 and 25 she used an...
View ArticlePolice bust man for indecent acts
The Miramichi Police Force report that over the past few months, on several occasions during both daylight and night time hours, MPF officers have received complains about a male person who commits...
View ArticleFeds Assure Payroll. Lawsuit? Pfffft.
On a visit to Miramichi, Brian Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, wanted to assure city officials and the public that the Payroll Centre is...
View ArticleMPF arrest female at domestic disturbance
On the 21st of August Miramichi Drug section executed a warrant on an address in the former town of, chatham, several people were arrested, two for trafficking and 1 other person who had an outstanding...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: Dedam applies for variance
In May, former chief of the Burnt Church First Nation Wilbur Dedam was released pending his trial on six sex-related charges dating back to 1977. Dedam was in court on Monday an applied for a variance...
View ArticleRed light runners plan defense. Attempted murder suspect released.
The long, slow repairs on the Centennial Bridge have caused a lot of impatient drivers to run the red lights that have installed to regulate traffic in the single lane, only to come down the other side...
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