Girls behaving badly and the older men they hang with
In youth court, the media is prohibited from publishing the names of the youth who are charged with crimes, convicted of crimes, and also the victims of crimes. In the latter case, they are prohibited...
View ArticlePolice seek help in antique car theft (free story)
September 27th – MPF officers are investigating an overnight break and enter that occurred into a Loggieville business. Stolen was a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, blue in colour. This antique vehicle bears a...
View ArticleBoy wears mask to steal car
A boy was in court last week facing some charges. The first charge that the court read seemed like something a boy might do – he was charged with stealing a bike. The boy is about 5 feet tall, and...
View ArticleTruck Clips Pole. Power Outage Looms (video, photos)
A truck delivering logs to ARBEC got mixed up by the unfamiliar John Street detour and ended up clipping a pole on Duke Street. The driver of the truck carrying pulpwood from Acadieville couldn’t...
View ArticleJudge to Woman: Did you like being incarcerated?
Natalie Marie Martin has been in jail for nine days on charges that she stole items from a convenience store, and on another occasion caused a disturbance at a hotel. Today in court she pleaded guilty...
View ArticleMan and Woman charged in car thefts
A 25 year old woman has pleaded guilty to car theft, and for assaulting two officers with the car she stole. Katrina marie Augustine of Burnt Church was arrested on September 17-18 after she stole a...
View ArticleFourth Liberal to vye for nomination
A fourth Miramichier has declared that they will run for the Liberal nomination to contest for the Miramichi-Grand Lake riding in the 2015 federal election. John McKay, former mayor and MLA was the...
View ArticleEric Foran Pleads Guilty
After two and a half months in jail, Eric Foran has pleaded guilty to charges of uttering threats, criminal harassment, mischief and breaching a police undertaking. Foran was arrested on July 14th for...
View ArticleGrandma pleads guilty, and other court briefs
A 60 year old woman from Allardville was charged with shoplifting at The Dollarama. At Georgina Lanteigne’s Wednesday appearance she changed her plea to guilty. A translator was supplied by the court...
View ArticleWard’s charges pile up: RCMP add car thefts
Scott Ward was in court earlier this week on charges that he stole two cars and other items on September 17 and 18th. Ward was scheduled to have a bail hearing today, but instead, RCMP laid additional...
View ArticleFacebook flirting leads to beat down and trial
(Some readers may find the language in this story offensive) A Miramichi woman is trying to convince the court that she was provoked when she throttled a woman in a convenience store parking lot after...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Donation Jars stolen
On the first 5 days of October, members of the MPF responded to 157 calls for police assistance or police services. One of the incidents investigated by police was the theft of donation jars from three...
View ArticlePolice crack down on youths
Yesterday, Miramichi Police arrested boys between the ages of 10 and 17 for such crimes as break and enter and attempted theft of a car. They were seperate incidents, and some of the youths have been...
View ArticleRCMP thank MPF volunteers for work during crisis
During the days following the shooting of 5 RCMP officers in Moncton this summer, 9 officers of the Miramichi Police force risked their lives and volunteered their time to help capture Justin Bourque....
View ArticleCourt Briefs: $380,000 EI Fraud case delayed
Thomas Melvin Joe caught a couple of breaks. He was originally charged with assault causing bodily harm, but the crown agreed to accept a guilty plea on the lesser included offence of indictable...
View ArticleCN contractor issue finally gets to council
After a few delays, the motion to write a letter to CN asking for a fair shot for local contractors to get some of the work in fixing the rail line finally got voted by council. The motion is to have...
View ArticleFeds contribute $126,000 to improve salmon habitat
On behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Tilly O’Neill Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational...
View ArticleDedam preliminary inquiry delayed. Warrant of arrest issued and held
Wilbur Dedam, 61, is facing 6 sex charges dating back to 1977. He was arrested on May 7th without incident, and spent a week in jail until his bail hearing. He was released on conditions that he have...
View ArticleTheft, Break and Enter: Youths 12 and 15 released
Two youths appeared in provincial court on Tuesday to face charges of theft and break and enter in unrelated crimes. The first youth to appear was 12 years old, and was accused of breaking into a...
View ArticleCourtroom Backfire: Assault suspect wants trial to be a “spectacle”
Kirk Marshall Mullin is charged with aggravated assault for wounding someone during an incident at Big Hole Tract on August 2nd, 2014. He is also charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling house....
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