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OBSERVER QUESNEL - CARIBOO
SINCE 1908
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
VOL. 99 NO. 83
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After internal RCMP review Cst. Wang ordered to forfeit nine days pay AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter A Quesnel RCMP officer has been ordered to forfeit nine days of pay for slapping a man and spraying another with pepper spray. In 2009, Cst. Timothy Wang was a senior officer with the force and the school liaison officer. In July of that year, Wang slapped a handcuffed prisoner. In February of 2011, Wang was found guilty of common assault for the slap but was granted an absolute discharge. Wang also released pepper spray under the door of a drunk tank into the face of another man. An internal RCMP review last fall resulted in disciplinary action. Wang was ordered to forfeit three days pay for the slap and six days for the pepper spray.
Former Quesnel resident charged with child pornography A Quesnel man who recently moved to Prince George has been charged with several offences relating to child pornography. Jereme Carl Kozak was arrested June 6 and charged with accessing child pornography, possession of child pornography and possession of child pornography for the purpose of distribution. On the evening of June 6, members of the Prince George RCMP’s General Duty Section
with assistance from the Detachment’s Crime Reduction Team executed a search warrant at a residence on the 400 block of Voyageur Drive in Prince George. A 25-year-old was immediately taken into custody. According to police, the man was actively downloading child pornography as police arrived at the residence. A computer and other evidence were seized. Kozak has been released by the court until his next court appearance scheduled for Wednesday June 26. He must abide by strict conditions including no contact with children 16 years old or under, unless supervised, not to attend parks, pools, school grounds, daycare centres and other places where children under the age of 16 may be present, and he is not allowed Internet access. “The RCMP take crimes against children very seriously,” Cpl. Craig Douglass, spokesperson for the Prince George Detachment, said in a press release. “The children involved in child pornography investigations are victims and end up with lifelong emotional scars. We will do everything we can to bring offenders to justice.” This investigation was initiated by the Provincial Integrated Child Exploitation Team (ICE), a specialized police unit that identifies and investigates those persons responsible for sexual offences against children.
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Drive slow for kid’s sake Grade 4 Parkland student Dominic Hamel takes his job seriously. Each morning he faithfully wheels Henry and Sally out to the edge of the school property to encourage drivers to respect the school zone speed limit of 30km/hour. Parkland principal Jan Musselman says this is the most important job in the school as it helps keep students safe as they make their way to school. Drivers are reminded that elementary students are in school until June 27 and every day needs to be a safety-conscious day. Annie Gallant photo
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