OFFENCE: Assault RESULT: Charge Withdrawn DEFENCE LAWYER: Sean Fagan Regina v. K.Q. – May 2018 Charges: Sections 266 Criminal Code of Canada – Assault Everyone has experiences with bad drivers in Calgary. Some brush it off, some flip the bird, and on rare occasions, punches are thrown and a car is run over. In this case, K.Q. was operating a vehicle on …
Regina v. C.Z. March 2018 – Cannabis Resin Seized Roadside
Pipeline Interdiction officer seizes Cannabis Resin Roadside Sections 5(2) x 2 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Cannabis resin) The roving traffic unit is a group of highly trained RCMP officers who use their authority under the Traffic Safety Act to investigate drug offences. These officers are quite often experienced, and highly knowledgeable about their powers of arrest, detention, search and …
911 Call – Guns
OFFENCE: Gun and Weapons offences RESULT: All Charges Withdrawn DEFENCE LAWYER: Sean Fagan Regina v. J.B. – March 2018 Charges: Sections 91(1) and 86(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada Police respond to 911 call and Seize Multiple Firearms The police responded to a 911 hang-up at a residence just outside of Calgary, AB. When the police arrived, they discovered ammunition scattered …
Regina v. J.B. February 2018 – Crack in a Car
Sections 5(2) x 2 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Crack and powder cocaine) Section 145(3) x 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada – Breach of Release conditions Members of the Calgary Police Service (“CPS”) observed J.B. driving down Deerfoot trail in a high end luxury car, and for reasons unknown, decided to run his license plate in the police …
Regina v. H.T. November 2017 – Possession of Stolen Property
Sections 334(a)of the Criminal Code of Canada – Possession of Stolen Property over $5000.00 Section 145(3) x 9 of the Criminal Code of Canada – Breach of Release conditions H.T. was released on bail on charges of break and enter and drug trafficking. One of H.T.’s many bail conditions was for him to be at his residence 24 hours a day, 7 days …
Regina v. W.L. November 2017 – Dangerous Driving
Sections 249(1)(A), 253(1)(A), 253(1)(B) of the Criminal Code of Canada – Dangerous Driving, Impaired Driving, and Driving over 80 W.L. was observed by multiple civilian witnesses driving his 18-wheeler at over 100kph, the wrong way on a divided highway over the course of a couple hours. After multiple 911 calls, members of the R.C.M.P. ultimately intercepted W.L. and executed a traffic stop. After the …
Regina v. A.R. October 2017 – Importation of Cocaine
Section 6(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances act – Importation of Cocaine A.R., arrived at the Calgary International Airport inbound from the middle east. As A.R. went through customs, a CBSA agent (Canada Border Services agent) flagged A.R. for a secondary search. This was probably because the CBSA agent discovered that A.R. was on bail for allegations of possession of …
Regina v. W.C.C. [September 2017] – Regret not Rape
Section 271 of the Criminal Code – Sexual Assault W.C.C., a young well educated professional male, with absolutely no prior adverse contact with the police, found himself charged with sexual assault contrary to Section 271 of the Criminal Code. If convicted, W.C.C was looking at years in prison and life thereafter encumbered by the National Sex Offender Registry. W.C.C. and the “victim” …
Regina v. T.J.K. [Nov 2017] – Tinder gone Wrong
Section 271 of the Criminal Code – Sexual Assault – Possessing child pornography – Luring a Child – Child exploitation – Invitation to sexual touching, Accessing child pornography, Creating child pornography. T.J.K, a 25-year-old man interested in casual sex, looked towards online dating to meet people with similar interests. T.J.K. chose the dating application, Tinder, because it had the reputation of a …
Regina v. M.M.M. [May 2017] – Historical Sexual Assault
Section 271 of the Criminal Code – Sexual Assault MMM is a very elderly man accused of raping an adolescent female back in the late 1960’s – yes . . . the allegations were over half a century old. This is not a case where the complainant did not know the identity of the alleged assailant but rather a case …