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guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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26 year old was charged with pointing the firearm

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26 year old was charged with pointing the firearm

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The 26-year-old was charged with a lot like assault, pointing firearm.

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Logan David Tyrone Allen was taken into custody after successful negotiation with PEI RCMP at the apartments at 4327 Route 13 in Hunter River on Sunday, July 23,2023.

Allen has been charged with the following:

Breach of probation, Section 733.1(1)(a)

Pointing a firearm, Section 87(1) and Section 87(2)(a)

Possession of a non-restricted firearm, Section 91(1)(a), 91(3)(a), 92(1)(a), 92(3)(a) X 2

Possession of a prohibited weapon, Section 91(2) and 91(3) X2

Other charges including possession of a weapon and possession of ammunition while being prohibited by a court order

Allen was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court again on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

PEI RCMP once again thank all members of the public for their cooperation as this situation unfolded.

There is an ongoing investigation into this incident.

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Multiple charges laid by PEI RCMP in connection with Hunter River incident

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Logan David Tyrone Allen was taken into custody after successful negotiation with PEI RCMP at the apartments at 4327 Route 13 in Hunter River on Sunday, July 23,2023.

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218. Every one who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child who is under the age of ten years, so that its life is or is likely to be endangered or its health is or is likely to be permanently injured

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Is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

Is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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Kitchener woman charged after newborn baby abandoned

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Kitchener woman charged after newborn baby abandoned

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A 32-year-old woman faces charges after a newborn baby was abandoned Monday in a Kitchener neighbourhood, Waterloo.

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Waterloo regional police have charged a Kitchener woman after a newborn baby was abandoned on a street Monday morning.

A 32-year-old woman faces charges after a newborn baby was abandoned Monday in a Kitchener neighbourhood.

Waterloo regional police responded to a number of calls that a child had been abandoned in a stroller on the side of the road near a residence in the area of Dixon Street and Eckert Street.

Police say people in the area noticed the child right away and were able to help care for the baby and find the woman who attempted to leave the scene.

Constable Andre Johnson says the abandoned baby is in good health.

"The baby was assessed by members of region of Waterloo paramedic services and was thought to be in good health. And was cared for by a resident while officers were dealing with the situation with the female," said Constable Johnson.

Police say they received help from a number of people in finding the woman. They learned through their investigation that a passerby who attempted to stop the woman had been threatened by her.

Regional police have arrested and charged a woman with abandoning a child, uttering death threats and breach of probation.

She is scheduled to appear in court on February 7, 2022.

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Waterloo regional police have charged a Kitchener woman after a newborn baby was abandoned on a street Monday morning.

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322.

Every one commits theft who fraudulently and without color of right takes, or fraudulently and without color of right converts to his use or to the use of another person, anything, whether animate or inanimate, with intent

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Except where otherwise provided by law, every one who commits theft

(a) if the property stolen is a testamentary instrument or the value of what is stolen is more than $5,000, is guilty of

(i) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or

(ii) an offence punishable on summary conviction; or

(b) if the value of what is stolen is not more than $5,000, is guilty

(i) of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or

(ii) of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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In Charlottetown a there is spike in thefts

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A number of business owners in Charlottetown say they're experiencing an unprecedented level of theft.

"This summer season was the worst that we've ever experienced," said Kimberly McIntyre, who owns Kuriosities Jewelry and Crow's Nest on Victoria Row in Charlottetown.

She said this summer she and her staff were catching shoplifters on a weekly basis - sometimes multiple times per week.

Just a few years ago, there were only a handful of thefts, she said.

Now it's become a regular occurrence that is costing her not just money, but time. Between looking at security camera footage and filing a police report, one incident can take up her whole day, McIntyre said.

"Everything is being stolen. If it's not nailed down, behind glass, it's being stolen," she said. "This can range from small items like stickers and pins to jewlery."

Because much of her merchandise is handmade, a lot of labour goes into creating each piece. When something is stolen, that time goes with it, she said.

"It's hours of work that's just taken from you," she said. "When you're making your inventory, you don't get to just order in more hours of your time."

Shoplifting incidents on rise, say police

McIntyre isn't the only one who's noticed a spike in thefts recently.

According to Charlottetown Police Services, shoplifting complaints this summer more than doubled compared to last summer, with 44 cases reported between July and September of 2022 and 102 cases reported over the same months this year.

Julia Campbell, owner of JEMS Boutique and the Anne of Green Gables Store in downtown Charlottetown, said she's also felt the increase in thefts.

She said her financial losses from shoplifting have doubled in the last couple of years. This summer alone, she said she's lost up to $4,000 in merchandise at her stores.

"You have to think, when does the shopper feel unsafe? At what point do staff feel unsafe? I'm not saying that we're there right now, but for the first time ever, those thoughts have actually crossed my mind," Campbell said.

She's also noticing a lot of repeat shoplifters, who have become more difficult to manage, she said.

Retail thefts up nationwide

Jim Cormier, Atlantic director for the Retail Council of Canada, said retail theft is increasing at an alarming rate.

"Retail crime is growing from coast to coast. And it's not simply an urban problem; we're seeing it from our members regardless of the province in rural communities - mid-sized communities right up to the largest cities in the country," he said.

This includes more violent retail crimes, repeat thefts and organized crime, where thieves are stealing thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise to resell on black markets, he said.

"We're not talking about the kid that goes into a grocery store and steals a chocolate bar," Cormier said. Shoplifters are becoming more brazen and seem to care less about the consequences, he said.

This has an obvious impact on a business's bottom line and can also raise safety concerns for staff, he said. That's a message he wants governments and police to take seriously.

"Retail crime is not a victimless crime, especially when we're talking at the levels that we're seeing."

Retailers lean on each other

Business owners like Campbell and McIntyre have had to put new measures in place to protect their stores and their staff, including high-definition security cameras, having more staff in the store to monitor merchandise, and keeping shelves organized, with items in clear view.

They both said encountering a shoplifter can be intimidating. They tell their staff not to confront people, but instead collect images and descriptions that can be handed over to police.

McIntyre said downtown businesses have also started to lean on each other for support. After she noticed the number of thefts start to rise, she started talking to business owners and discovered many were experiencing the same thing.

So, they created a group of more than 20 retailers and started sharing information like photos, descriptions of shoplifters and the date and times of when items were stolen to help each other keep tabs on thefts.

"If we have a timestamp, it helps other businesses go back and check their cameras from around that time and they catch the shoplifting on their cameras as well. It's kind of like a neighbourhood watch for business owners," McIntyre said.

That gives business owners more evidence to report to police, she said.

"It's also been a good emotional support for the business owners because we know that we're not the only ones that are dealing with this and we share ideas of what we do to keep our stores and staff safe."

She encourages all businesses to invest in a good security camera system, to keep stores organized with high-value items kept somewhere secure, and to be diligent when it comes to reporting shoplifting.

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A number of business owners in Charlottetown say they're experiencing an unprecedented level of theft. Numbers from Charlottetown Police back that up.

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Every person commits an offence who obtains or possesses another person’s identity information with intent to use it to commit an indictable offence that includes fraud, deceit or falsehood as an element of the offence.

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Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2)

(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or

(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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Couple found guilty of stealing identities of dead babies to dodge debts - National | Globalnews.ca

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Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison were found guilty of identity theft after living under the names Bobby Fort and Julie Montague, two babies who died in Texas.

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Every one who
(a) breaks and enters a place with intent to commit an indictable offence therein,
(b) breaks and enters a place and commits an indictable offence therein, or
(c) breaks out of a place after
(i) committing an indictable offence therein, or
(ii) entering the place with intent to commit an indictable offence therein, is guilty

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For the purposes of proceedings under this section, evidence that an accused
(a) broke and entered a place or attempted to break and enter a place is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that he broke and entered the place or attempted to do so, as the case may be, with intent to commit an indictable offence therein; or
(b) broke out of a place is, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, proof that he broke out after
(i) committing an indictable offence therein, or
(ii) entering with intent to commit an indictable offence therein.

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46 year old was charged with braking and entering

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The website of the Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Crime Stoppers was profiling one of television's most notorious drug-dealing characters on Thursday.

In an apparent hack of the Crime Stoppers' website, the page lists just one suspect - the lead character Walter White in the award-winning television crime drama show Breaking Bad which aired for five seasons from 2008-2013.

White was a high school science teacher diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who turned to creating his own methamphetamine drug trade to support his family.

The hack profiles White - played by actor Bryan Cranston - in a police blog.

Global News Peterborough has reached out to the Crime Stoppers branch and the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service for comment on the website which still profiled the page as of 2:20 p.m.

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In a statement issued at 2:30 p.m., police said they are aware of the website issue.

"Efforts are being made to rectify this issue and the cause is not known at this time," stated Insp. Kirk Robertson.

By 3:30 p.m. the image was removed from the website.

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The Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Crime Stoppers page features just Walter White of "Breaking Bad" fame.