Trial dates have been set for a murder case in Driftpile.
May 26 is the start date for Starr Sasakamoose Jr. to stand trial in Peace River.
He’s accused in the death of his father, Starr Sasakamoose Sr in April of 2023.
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A guilty plea has been forwarded in the case of the Grouard Church fire.
Gerald Capot made the plea to a charge of arson, with his sentance being handed down next February.
Capot and Kenneth Ferguson were arrested after the 102 year-old St. Bernard Catholic Church went up in flames in May of 2023.
Capot has not entered a plea to a charge of Break and Enter tio commit theft.
Ferguson was given 90 days time served in the same case.
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A man from Grimshaw has been given a little less than a year in jail of theft and possession of stolen property charges.
Gessi Tywon James Larose has served 228 out of the 345 days in the case.
RCMP report suspicious transactions happened over several month involving fuel to the tune of over $20,000.
Larose originally faced a dozen offenses and was given five violation tickets, but was sentenced on four of them.
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Court dates are set for two men on drug possession charges in the MD of Smoky River.
The trial against the two from Nampa and Warburg will be next April in Peace River.
in June, RCMP in McLennan found a stolen vehicle stuck in a field, and a search found drugs, weapons, ammunition and stolen property.
