St. Stephen RCMP say it has seized drugs and a firearm as part of a drug trafficking investigation in the community. On May 6, several detachments, including St. Stephen, McAdam, St. George and St. Andrews, executed a search warrant of a property on Princess Street. “As a result of the search, police seized quantities of […]
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Two men from St. Stephen has pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in connection to an arrest in April 2025. Police say 63-year-old Miles Burton John and 23-year-old Miles Johnson Jr were remanded into custody and are expected to return for sentencing in May. A charge of robbery, laid in connection to the same incident, […]
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By Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A 21-year-old from Grand Manan is facing a trial in November on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference against a minor. Drake Alex Daggett, of Hill Road, appeared Tuesday last week in Saint John provincial court and entered not guilty pleas on each of the charges. He […]
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Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative A man accused of almost hitting a peace officer while fleeing a traffic stop in Pocologan last year pled guilty to flight from police and 11 other outstanding charges. Jeremy Matthew Booker, 38, of Centennial Drive in Saint John, was set for trial Feb. 5 and instead changed his pleas on […]
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RCMP in St. Stephen say a 43-year-old man has been charged with two counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking. Police said on Feb. 14, members conducted a traffic stop of a suspicious vehicle on Route 3 north of St. Stephen. “Subsequently, police searched the vehicle and found what is believed to be fentanyl […]
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RCMP in New Brunswick have issued another Alert Ready for 35-year-old Todd John Lewis who escaped from Southwest Regional Correctional Centre in Shediac. Police say it has ended the first alert sent province-wide on Friday. “RCMP advise residents to remain vigilant that Todd John Lewis is still at large,” the alert said. “If observed, do […]
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Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative The owner of a St. Stephen building sold in a mortgage proceeding was ordered to pay more than $50,000 after no-showing a trial. Justice Kathryn Gregory awarded a deficiency judgment to Dianne Marie Sullivan Wednesday last week as part of a lawsuit filed against Starshine Properties, Ltd. over a […]
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Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative In April last year, a Nova Scotia couple in their sixties arrived at the Canadian border in St. Stephen in a Dodge Caravan. They told the border officer Jonathan Gunn that they had been in Florida for two and a half months, and that while they had liquor and […]
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By Andrews Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative The province says it’s reached a tentative deal with the union which represents its in-house counsel. In a press release issued Tuesday, the provincial ministry of finance and the Treasury Board said it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Professional Institute of the Public Service […]
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By Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative The man charged with manslaughter in the death of Sarah Teakles has had his charge upgraded to second-degree murder. Calvin Burns-Smith, 31, facing charges of manslaughter and indignity to or interference with human remains, was scheduled to appear Tuesday for a bail hearing in Saint John Provincial Court. […]
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