MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY — A Red Deer County man facing 18 charges in the wake of a 2023 drug and weapons bust is going to trial next May.
Michael Ryan Goodine’s case is scheduled to be heard in the Calgary Court of Justice May 21, 2025.
A stay of proceedings has been entered for two other people – Alyssa Karina Friendship and Jayden Luc Desaulniers -- who faced charges in connection with that same matter.
A stay of proceedings occurs when a trial is stopped temporarily by the Crown or ended by a judge.
If the Crown issues a prosecutorial stay, the trial has to resume within a year or the proceedings are considered to have never begun.
The case dates back to July 28, 2023.
On that date, RCMP executed a controlled drugs and substances search warrant at a property on Highway 791 in Mountain View County and seized several weapons and substances believed to be drugs.
Goodine faced 18 charges but could not be found, so a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He was charged with:
• three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine;
• possession of stolen property under $5,000;
• five counts of failing to comply with a release order; and
• nine weapons and firearms-related offences.
Friendship and Desaulniers, also of Red Deer County, were arrested and faced the following charges:
• three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine; and
• possession of stolen property Under $5,000.
The stay on their matters was issued in December 2023.
