Meth Addict on The Run (Calgary) – Warrant

Charges:
CC: s.334(B) – Theft Under $5000 x 5; s.145(5) – Fail to Attend for Identification x 3; s.145(2)(A) – Fail to Attend Court x 4; s.341 – Fraudulent Concealment of Merchandise; s.403(1)(A) – Impersonation; s.129(A) – Obstructing a Police Officer; CDSA: s.4(1) – Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth) x 2.

Allegations:
My client stole numerous items from stores, numerous times, worth thousands of dollars; she lied about name; failed to attend for fingerprints and failed to attend court several times, and was found to be in possession of crystal meth a couple of times.

Result:
I had negotiated a deal, whereby my client would plead to some of the offences, be placed on probation for 2 years (for treatment), and all other charges would be withdrawn. However, she didn’t show up at her sentencing hearing, and warrants issued for her arrest – again.

Charges:
CC: s.334(B) – Theft Under $5000.

Allegations:
My client stole some clothing from a Sears store.  Because she had already been diverted to the Alternative Measures Program, just the year previous, for the same crime, she did not qualify for AMP again, and the Crown was rightly refusing to refer her again.  However, I successfully convinced them to refer her again anyway.

Result:
Charge Withdrawn.  Alternative Measures Program, again.

Charges:
CC: s.334(A) – Theft Over $5000, s.380(1)(A) – Fraud Over $5000.

Allegations:
My client was an Executive Assistant to the Simpson Family, who own and operate CANA Construction.  Over a period of 6 months, my client embezzled over $70,000 from the company, through the misappropriation of funds and misuse of the corporate credit card for personal cash advances.

Result:
After a Preliminary Inquiry, my client pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 12 months incarceration.  The Crown was asking for 2 years.

Charges:
CC: s.344(1)(B) – Armed Robbery, s.351(2) – Face Masked While Committing an Indictable Offence, s.266 – Assault

Allegations:
My client tried to rob a liquor store at gun point, wearing pyjamas, a hoody and a scarf over her face.  She was highly intoxicated.  She pointed an imitation firearm (a BB handgun) at the store clerk and said: “Give me all your money.”  The clerk immediately rushed my client, grabbed the gun from her, and had a customer hold her down until the police arrived. She also had an outstanding assault charge from a different incident.

Result:
My client was initially denied bail in Provincial Court when she had a different lawyer.  Months later, her father retained me.  I was able to get her out of jail with a sentence of time served plus probation.

Charges:
CC: s.267(A) – Assault with a Weapon, s.439(4) – Mischief

Allegations:
My client and her son went to his ex-girlfriend’s grandmother’s house, in order to retrieve some personal items that she took while she was living with them.  They were banging on her door but they were being ignored.  Finally, they answered the door and told them to leave.  My client and her son began pushing on the door and trying to force their way inside.  My client’s son entered through a bedroom window and was struggling with his ex-girlfriend when my client picked up and threw a heavy ashtray at her.  They got what they wanted and left.  Her son was charge with Breaking & Entering and Robbery.

Result:
Charges Withdrawn. Resolved with a Peace Bond before trial.