Letter of Support from the Princeton RCMP
COURT NEWS - November 10, 2005
COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY
A Princeton couple, Blake Dunstall, age 21, and Nicole Haller, age 28, appeared in Provincial Court in Princeton on November 10 to plead guilty to charges of assault and uttering threats. Dunstall had an additional charge of breach of undertaking.
The charges arose due to an incident on March 11, when Dunstall and Haller pursued two men they believed responsible for spray painting derogatory remarks on a concrete wall along Tulameen Avenue. Wielding either pipes or wrenches (statements varied), the couple threatened to kill the young men. Dunstall maintained he had caught one of them
red-handed.
On March 18, at a local store, Dunstall confronted one of the young men, causing a disturbance. After his arrest on March 11, Dunstall had been ordered to stay away from the men he accused of spray painting.
Dunstall was ordered to pay a $200 fine for each offence, and to serve 12 months probation for each offense, to be served concurrently. He is to have no weapons, and no contact with a number of men he accused of being involved in the spray painting incident.
Haller was ordered to serve a 12 month probation, have no weapons, and have no contact with the same group of men unless they enter the premises where she is employed.
JUDGE TOSSES GROW-OP CASE
On April 2, 2004, RCMP executed a search warrant on the residents of Rusel R. and Dierra J. Musselman at 684 Wright Road in Princeton. As a result of the search, the Musselmans were arrested and charged with production of a controlled substance (marijuana) and possession for the purpose of trafficking, as well as improper storage of firearms.The trial, which began April 14, 2005, and was continued to September 15, 2005, began with a challenge to the validity of the search warrant.
After hearing all of the testimony about circumstances leading to the issuing of the search warrant, Judge G. Sinclair adjourned to make a decision. On November 10, in Provincial Court in Princeton, Judge Sinclair rendered the decision that there had not been enough hard evidence to justify the issuing of the search warrant.
The case was dismissed.
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