Serial robber handed indeterminate sentence
With a range of robberies and other violent offences already behind him, a 2016 home invasion proved the last straw for Joseph St. Cyr. Having been convicted of close to a dozen offences — including...
View ArticleMan sentenced for stabbing spouse with needle-nose pliers
Despite using words like “brutal” and “torture” to describe a 49-year-old man’s assault on his spouse, a Regina Provincial Court judge imposed a lesser sentence due to trauma and other struggles the...
View ArticleMore investors testify at Alena Pastuch fraud trial
Investors who put thousands of dollars into businesses headed by Alena Pastuch told a Regina courtroom they were persuaded by promises of zero risk, guaranteed investments, company shares and the...
View ArticleAlena Pastuch cross-examining the people she's accused of bilking
How does someone accused of misappropriating millions of dollars from investors act as their own “lawyer” and client in defence of the allegations? With a whole lot of of guidance and patience from the...
View ArticlePair appeals murder convictions in 2014 P.A. shooting
In February 2017, a Prince Albert jury took less than a day to find two men guilty in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Clayton James Bear. On Wednesday, lawyers for the two men argued before the...
View ArticleJudge considering Gladue factors in Regina robbery spree case
It’s true a 19-year-old man armed himself with a bladed weapon and embarked on a robbery spree that frightened employees of five Regina businesses. It’s also true the man is young, has a relatively...
View ArticleMan shot neighbour's security camera because it was aimed at his hot tub
An ill-aimed security camera and a hot tub caused a dispute between neighbours to boil over into a criminal charge last year. A 38-year-old Regina man pleaded guilty to a mischief charge during a...
View ArticleLong-term offender says he killed man to protect mother
Disregarding attempts by a judge to interrupt him, Christopher Sean Pascal insisted on providing a murdered man’s family with an explanation as to why he stabbed the man to death. “I’m not going to sit...
View ArticleRegina contractor accused of over-billing, improper invoicing
A Regina contractor is facing fraud and theft charges, accused of over-billing and improper invoicing. According to information from the Regina Police Service, 39-year-old Adrian Deck Bechard was...
View ArticleWoman jailed for allowing spouse to have sex with her daughter
Having allowed her husband to sexually abuse her teenage daughter — just as her own mother had once turned a blind eye to abuse — a Fort Qu’Appelle-area woman has been handed a jail term. The...
View ArticleMoose Jaw lawyer found not guilty of sex assault
MOOSE JAW — Noting a variety of frailties in the evidence of two teen girls, a Court of Queen’s Bench judge acquitted a Moose Jaw lawyer of several sex charges on Monday. In deciding the case of Estes...
View ArticleOpioid problems spilling into courthouse cells
Just as opioids are changing the province’s jails, they have also had an impact on the courts. Within the past couple of years, deputy sheriffs staffing Regina Provincial Court cells managed to save...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting mother makes first court appearance
A Regina man accused of shooting his mother made his first court appearance on Wednesday. According to information from the Regina Police Service, officers responded over the noon hour on Sunday to a...
View ArticleJailhouse assaults lead to more time behind bars
A pair of jailhouse assaults led to even more jail time for a 26-year-old man. Nicholas Randall Dinardo was sentenced on Wednesday for two unrelated assaults on fellow remand inmates, one springing...
View ArticleConvicted killer released on community supervision
A 20-year-old man who pleaded guilty in 2017 to manslaughter in the beating death of Clayton Cyr was released on a number of conditions as part of his youth sentence on Wednesday. The man — who cannot...
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Fort Qu'Appelle stabbing victim's father forgives his son's killer in court
Facing the man who, in May 2017, fatally stabbed his son in a Fort Qu’Appelle parking lot, Dillan Stonechild did what not many can. He forgave the man. “It’s a senseless act that happened that night...
View ArticleRegina doctor charged with sexual assaults
The Regina doctor who is giving up his medical licence over allegations of inappropriate sexual touching is now facing criminal charges. According to the Regina Police Service, 73-year-old Dr....
View ArticlePacholik: The warning shots that should be heard
The year 1999 was something of a watershed in Regina’s crime scene. That was when, for the first time in at least a decade, someone in this city was more likely to be killed at gunpoint than at the...
View ArticleFederal sentence for impaired driver who caused multi-vehicle crash
Recognizing the dangers of impaired driving, Muriel Buffalo typically ensured a sober driver was available on the occasions when she went out for a drink. But in the early morning of April 2, 2017, the...
View ArticleRegina police investigate serious stabbing
Regina police are investigating after a reported stabbing left a man seriously injured early Friday morning. Officers were sent to a residence in the 1000 block of Argyle Street shortly after 3 a.m....
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