All but one of the numerous charges laid against a local woman who had been accused following the theft of several animals from a Garrington Bridge-area property that were subsequently returned to the owner have been dropped.
Ginia Marie Ann Rees, from the Sundre area, had faced 13 charges — including six counts of theft of cattle — after police investigated a complaint last July from the rural property owner who reported a chain on the gate leading to her residence had been cut. The home and several outbuildings had allegedly been burgled, with various animal feed and personal items stolen along with a dog, Siamese cat, a horse and five lambs.
Except for one count of possession of stolen property under $5,000, the rest of the charges were withdrawn on Monday, May 27 in Didsbury provincial court, according to an inquiry submitted to Alberta Court Checks.
An alleged accomplice in the incident, Carl Gerald Johnson, 60, from Rocky Mountain House, had also initially been charged with possession of stolen property and obstruction in connection with this case, but those were withdrawn last December in lieu of the adult alternative measures program.
Rees was scheduled for sentencing over the charge of possession of stolen property on June 26 in Didsbury court.
