Smithers Interior News, December 05, 2012

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Susan Gail Leuenberger of Houston will pay a maximum of $638,991.10 to Kyah Industries Ltd. (KIL) after Judge Calvin Struyk decided on the amount during a pre-sentencing-postconviction hearing in Smithers last Thursday. Last Thursday was set to be a final sentencing hearing for Leuenberger, found guilty of fraud of more than $5,000 in September for her KIL bookkeeping work from 1999 to 2004. However, her lawyer, Ian Lawson, obtained an adjournment to determine the amount Leuenberger would have to repay KIL. Judge Struyk will determine the actual amount and potential jail sentence at Leuenberger’s next court appearance scheduled for March 7, 2013. During last Thursday’s hearing

Lawson attempted to ensure his client would have to pay the least amount possible. “The Court, when deciding amount of theft, should never guess,” Lawson said to Judge Struyk. “The Crown failed to prove my client overcharged for work done.” Lawson claimed the remuneration Leuenberger was due for management and bookkeeping work done over a sevenyear period actually exceeded the amount being sought by KIL. “A bookkeeper doesn’t normally run a company,” Lawson said. Judge Struyk, after learning the argument asked Lawson for clarification. “So, what you’re asking me to do is give [Leuenberger] credit?” Struyk asked. “No, but you can’t ignore that she did work,” Lawson replied. With Lawson’s petition complete Crown Counsel Stephen Cooke took his turn. See FRAUD on p. A12

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Staff Sgt. Marshall brings change to CPO Jerome Turner Smithers/Interior News

Newly appointed RCMP staff sergeant, Kirsten Marshall, explained how she plans to make the Smithers’ Community Policing Office (CPO) more efficient at a meeting last week. As Staff Sgt. of the Smithers RCMP detachment Marshall is responsible for the coordinating the CPO. After going over the local volunteer list of all the various programs provided by the CPO with

Matt Davey, prevention and community safety officer, Marshall was surprised to see how many volunteers supported the CPO. “There were a lot of people I didn’t even know were volunteers,” Staff Sgt. Marshall said. “I see a core group of volunteers most of the time, but there are a lot of faces I am not familiar with.” That sentiment is echoed by Davey. nd “I’m the volunteer coordinator and sometimes I can’t even put a face to a name,” Davey said atBring the meeting. in a non-parishable fo See CPO on p. A9

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