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Car crashes into home trying to flee police
RCMP officers walk past the vehicle that crashed into a house on the corner of Yale Road and Woodbine Street after a short police pursuit on Thursday. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
One woman is in police custody following a short vehicle pursuit, then a foot pursuit on Yale Road near Woodbine Street in Chilliwack. At around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, RCMP tried to pull over a vehicle with two people in it for dangerous driving. The driver of the white Mitsubishi did not pull over, and led RCMP on a short vehicle pursuit along Yale Road. The vehicle then crashed into a house at the corner of Yale Road and Woodbine Street, and at least one of the suspects (a woman) inside the car got out and fled the scene on foot. RCMP Police Dog Services were called to help. They were able to track the woman who was found in a nearby house on Clayton Avenue.
Conviction in Planje murder Agassiz couple arrested at U.S. border
A 44-year-old Chilliwack man was convicted of manslaughter Friday in the death of 64-year-old Robert Jan Planje nearly three years ago. Steven Kenneth Frederickson had been charged with second degree murder. However, after a lengthy trial, Frederickson was convicted of manslaughter, meaning the court did not find an intent to kill. Planje went missing on the morning of Dec. 13, 2010 when Chilliwack RCMP were called to his home in the Rainbow Trailer park to check on his well being. When police attended they found no one at the residence, however there were signs of “a suspicious activity.” The residence was secured and a search for Planje
began. His body was found two weeks later on an isolated road near Hope. In January, Frederickson was charged with murder. During the trial, Frederickson confirmed there had been a fight, but insisted he was defending himself. RCMP Sgt. Jennifer Pound, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said police were pleased with the conviction. “For the investigators at IHIT, the sense of pride and accomplishment never dissipates when an accused is found guilty. As we approach the three year anniversary, this accomplishment is a very successful outcome,” said Sgt. Jennifer Pound.
Jessica Peters Black Press An Agassiz couple is facing five years in prison in the U.S. after an alleged drug run went wrong. Jonna and Robert Booth’s troubles began when they attempted to cross the border into Northgate, North Dakota on Monday afternoon. They were traveling in a 1999 Coach Camper, and were chosen for a secondary inspection. An affidavit filed with the United States District Court states that the husband and wife both claimed they were not carrying more than $10,000 USD. An inspection of the vehicle revealed that $73,080 was stowed away in a panel of the camper. The Booths were immediately separat-
ed and detained. While they both initially claimed to officers that the money was won gambling, Mrs. Booth is said to have changed her story when officers told her they found her journal, and knew that the money was actually from the sale of marijuana. Booth then told officers the couple had endured financial hardship, and in January this year they had began running drugs to Manitoba about once a month. She could not say how much marijuana had been transported, and how much they had made. They had crossed into the U.S. to avoid traveling through the Rockies, after learning of poor weather in that area. They had just finished transporting an unknown amount of marijuana, stowed
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under their front seats as they traveled across Canada, to a house in Winnipeg. Initially, the couple had dropped two hockey bags full of marijuana in a ditch where it was to be picked up. When they couldn’t get a hold of the person who was supposed to pick up, they arranged to drop it off at the Winnipeg home. Agassiz RCMP said the couple were not known to them prior to hearing about the case in the news this week. The Booths are not facing drug charges, but are facing charges of smuggling bulk cash into and out of the United States. At a hearing on Tuesday, Robert Booth told the judge they had no plans to sneak money into the United States, but were just trying to get home.
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