The Wayne Community Association has set a target to raise enough funds by the end of 2018 to construct a new playground in the community. The Rotary Club of Drumheller is pleased to assist. Community Association president Fred Dayman, centre, accepts a cheque from Rotarians John Kohut and Linda Fisher.
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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.
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.
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