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IN COURT
Alcohol sped up man’s death from hypothermia SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Cory Jarock had more than four times the legal driving limit for alcohol in his blood when he was kicked out of an Invermere house party in April 2012, a trial has heard. Jarock died of hypothermia in the driveway of a home in Invermere on April 3, 2012. Brian Panebianco has been charged with manslaughter in Jarock’s death, and his trial is underway in Cranbrook Supreme Court this week and next before a 14-person jury.
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, an RCMP forensic toxicologist testified that samples of blood, urine and eye fluid taken from Jarock showed extremely high levels of intoxication. Heather Dinn found that Jarock’s blood sample had a concentration of 284 milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit for driving is 80 milligrams blood alcohol content. But Jarock’s urine showed an alcohol content of 490 milligrams.
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Man charged in home invasions stays in custody TOW N S M A N S TA F F
One of the four Cranbrook people charged in connection with a series of home invasions in December appeared in Cranbrook Provincial Court Wednesday for a bail hearing. Jay Leonard Hills will remain in police custody. Hills was denied bail by Judge Ron Webb and will be detained in custody until his next hear-
ing on February 3. Evidence in a bail hearing is under publication ban so the details discussed cannot be published. Hills faces nine charges, including robbery, disguising the face with intent to commit an offence, and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
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Jennifer Inglis and Patrick Baranowski enjoy a glass of lemonade in Cranbrook Community Theatre’s production of “The Exquisite Hour” at the Stage Door. CCT is presenting two one-act comedies — “The Exquisite Hour” and “Next” — which open next Friday, Jan. 14. See more on Page 7.
‘Concealed and baited with meat’ Pet owner wants change to trap-line policy after family dog caught in trap C AROLYN GR ANT
Shannon and Ken Fraser, who live at St. Mary Lake, love their dog Rosie, a three-yearold German shepherd/Siberian husky cross. They almost lost Rosie this week and want to sound the warning to other pet owners who walk their dogs on Crown land, or along forest service
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roads. What Shannon calls a “horrendous experience” began on Monday when she took Rosie for a run on River Road towards Cranbrook. She explains that she often skis or bikes with Rosie, but on days when she can’t, she lets Rosie out to run behind her car. “I go out where there’s no
traffic and let her out. She trots along. On Monday we were returning and were about three kilometres from our house when Rosie disappeared into the bush. She didn’t come back out.” Shannon stopped the vehicle and followed Rosie’s tracks into the trees beside the road. “I found her with her head
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in a trap, right behind her ears,” she said. “Thankfully there were no spikes; it was a vice clamp. She couldn’t move — the trap was tied to a tree. She was breathing but I couldn’t get the trap to release. She was wagging her tail a little when she saw me.”
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