Sentencing for possession of stolen property
A local woman was sentenced and fined for possession of stolen property under $5,000.
All of the other charges against Ginia Marie Ann Rees, who last July had been accused in connection with reported animal thefts from a rural property in the Garrington Bridge area, were recently withdrawn.
According to an inquiry submitted on July 5 to the provincial court media service, Rees was sentenced in Didsbury court on June 26 and ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution, and was also fined $50.
Pre-trial set for breach of public trust case
A trial date has been set for a Caroline woman who was serving as treasurer for the Sundre Community Van Society when she was charged with breach of public trust.
Robin Strub is alleged by the society to have misallocated approximately $6,300 on unauthorized expenses such as personal payments, cellphone bills and fuel between April and June of 2018, police had reported.
According to an inquiry submitted on July 5 to the provincial court media service, Strub’s next court date is scheduled on Oct. 21 for a pre-trial conference in Didsbury, followed on Nov. 27 by a preliminary hearing.
