Category: Sydney

A charge of uttering a threat against a police officer has been dismissed,   according to the Cape Breton Post.

41 year old Constable Wade Lavin of Howie Centre is still facing judgement however on other charges.  The judge will rule March 23rd on  identity theft, forgery and other counts.

Lavin, who is still under suspension, was charged after he sent emails to media outlets alleging a misuse of credit cards by senior management in the police department.  He also expressed concerns why 13 management personnel have assigned vehicles but rank and file officers sometimes have to scramble to find a car or have to use their own.

A North Sydney man has been found not guilty on charges that date back to the late ’90s.

56 year old Russell Wayne Newman was charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a girl who was 11 or 12 at the time.

The judge noted that neither Newman nor the woman, who is now in her 30s, ever spoke about it afterwards.  There were no further incidents and they maintained a friendly relationship.  Justice Robin Gogan said she was left with reasonable doubt and had to find Newman not guilty.