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Guilty verdicts delivered
Lonnie Adams, Colin Correia, Lorne Carry convicted for weapons charges, counselling murder; Adams not guilty of conspiracy SALLY MACDONALD PHOTO
At the Dr. F.W. Green Home, Laird Siemens and Mari Thomas show portraits of 1990s residents Steve Mindek and Lona Petterson, painted by fellow resident Adolphus “Duffy” Burton.
Portraits need new homes Paintings of former residents of Dr. F.W. Green Home should be returned to families SA LLY MACDON AL D Townsman Staff
Twenty years ago, Cranbrook painter Adolphus “Duffy” Burton moved into the Dr. F.W. Green Home to spend his final years. During the next few years in the early ‘90s, Duffy painted dozens of portraits of his friends at the home. Until three years ago, those portraits
lined the halls of the Green Home, the smiling faces of those now gone, hiding untold stories of Cranbrook’s past. Now, recreation coordinator Mari Thomas and Laird Siemens, chair of the Family Council, want to get in touch with family and friends of those former residents to return the portraits to loved ones. “We are hoping to get the portrait of
dear old dad or grandad into the hands of the family,” said Laird. Right now, the portraits are being held in storage at the F.W. Green Home. “The families should have them,” said Mari. “It might mean something to them. We are advocating on behalf of these residents.”
See GREEN HOME, Page 4
Man arrested with eighteen grams of cocaine TOWNSMAN STAFF
RCMP performed a drug bust in Meadowbrook on Friday night, April 26. A 24-year-old Meadowbrook man, who police allege was selling drugs, was taken into custody after a lengthy
investigation by Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP. Police seized eighteen onegram baggies of cocaine, cell phones and cash from the home. The man went before a Judicial Justice of the Peace and
was released on bail. The conditions of his release include $500 bail, not going into Kimberley, an 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and not possessing cell phones or weapons. He will next appear in
Cranbrook Provincial Court on June 17. “Eighteen separate baggies is a significant amount since cocaine is typically sold in one- or half-gram quantities,” said Cpl. Chris Newel.
MIKE YOUDS Kamloops Daily News
A B.C. Supreme Court jury in Kamloops found three Cranbrook men guilty of counselling to kill a rival drug dealer in 2009. The trial of Lonnie Adams, Lorne Carry and Colin Correia, which began Feb. 6, was held amid extra security at the courthouse. After four days of deliberation — said to be the lengthiest jury deliberation since the 2009 trial of Allan Schoenborn — the jury returned its verdict on a string of murder-conspiracy and weapons charges late Sunday afternoon. Sentencing is expected to follow in a month’s time. While all three were pronounced guilty on the counselling to commit murder charges, Adams was found not guilty of the separate charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Carry and Correia were both
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convicted on the conspiracy charges. Carry, 31, the only one of the three not held in custody during the trial, was also convicted of possession and attempt to transfer an AK47-like automatic rifle. His girlfriend burst into tears when the verdict was read. “It’s been a long four years, I tell you,” Carry said outside court after hearing the verdict. He said he was shocked to be found guilty of the gun charges and that he intends to appeal the conviction. Correia was also convicted of possessing and attempting to transfer a restricted handgun. The Crown’s case in the trial hinged upon the testimony of police agent and career criminal Garry Shank, a parolee who agreed to become an informant after he was found in possession of an AK-47 in 2009.
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