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Inmate sentenced for drug possession

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An inmate at the Drumheller Institution had 90 more days tacked on to his sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs.

Steven Thorne appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, July 21. Originally charged with possession for the purposes of trafficking, he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of possession of cannabis resin.

On February 17 of this year, corrections officers observed movement outside his cell and Thorne conversing with other inmates. Officers ordered him out of his cell and found 12 globs of hash oil folded inside a playing card.

The federal prosecutor and defense agreed to a 90-day sentence consecutive to any sentence he is currently serving.


Fraud charges laid against former Drumheller ATB employee

The ATB Financial Drumheller branch on August 4, 2017

A former Drumheller ATB branch employee is facing charges of fraud, following allegations she took funds from the accounts of senior citizens.

Drumheller RCMP began an investigation after receiving a complaint from ATB that an employee of the Drumheller branch had made unauthorized withdrawals from the accounts of seven different bank clients.

It is alleged that the funds were taken from the victim’s accounts between November 2015 and November 2016. All of the victims were senior citizens and a total of over $40,000 was taken through 16 different cash withdrawals.

Rebecca Tucker, 36, of Drumheller has been charged with 16 counts of fraud under $5,000 contrary to section 380 of the Criminal code as well as 13 counts of drawing documents without authority contrary to section 374 of the Criminal Code.

Tucker has been released from custody and must appear in Drumheller Provincial Court on August 11. She is no longer an employee of ATB.

Anyone with information on these offences is asked to contact the Drumheller RCMP at 403-823-7590.

Hanna RCMP respond to single vehicle fatality

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On Thursday, August 3 at 7:10 am, Hanna RCMP were called to a report of a single vehicle roll over on secondary Highway 586, North-East of Hanna.

Upon arrival, officers found a Ford F-150 had gone off the road and rolled, landing upside down in a creek. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 50-year-old man from the Little-Smoky area who was working in the Consort area was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators believe that the collision occurred hours earlier but was undiscovered until the morning. Next of Kin has been notified by RCMP and the name of the deceased will not be released.


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