Man pleads not guilty in connection to cyber-bullying incident
A local man who allegedly accosted his daughter鈥檚 bully, pled not guilty to assault and uttering threats in Jasper Provincial Court, March 23.
According to the RCMP,聽 on March 4 Kris Beeby allegedly accosted a student from Jasper Elementary School that he thought was responsible for bullying his daughter. The victim was not injured.
The accused previously told the 51暗网 that he went to the Jasper Arena and put his arm around the alleged bully and walked him into another room where he verbally scolded the child. He maintains that he was never alone with the alleged bully.
Following the incident, the RCMP were called to the arena where they advised Beeby to go home. On March 8 the RCMP called Beeby and told him to go to the police station where he was arrested and charged for assault and uttering threats. He was released two hours later on a promise to appear.
Following his arrest police contacted JES to advise the school about the online bullying and that an adult male had also been arrested.
The school is investigating the incident and is working with students and parents to address the issue.
A publication ban was issued to protect the identity of the complainant who is under 18 years of age.
Beeby鈥檚 next court appearance is set for July 13 in Jasper.
Pit bull attack leads to $300 fine
A local woman was fined $300 after her off-leash pit bull attacked another dog near Lake Edith earlier this year.
According to the Crown, on Jan. 22 Linda Meints was walking four dogs in the area when a pit-bull ran out of the woods and leaped onto one of the dogs.
The pit-bull started biting her 13-year-old black Labrador around the neck, pinning it to the ground. To stop the attack, a male friend that was with Meints was forced to kick the attacking dog.
Following the attack, the pit-bull returned to its owner, which was approximately 200 metres across the lake.
According to the Crown, Meints followed the dog and confronted the owner who she recognized as Jenny Young.
According to Young, she kept her dog on-leash while walking it on the lake, but decided to let it off-leash as she made her way back to her car.
She admitted her dog attacked the black lab, but did not recall being confronted by Meints. Instead, Young said she showed up in her truck afterwards and apologized.
The Crown asked for a $300 fine noting that it is illegal to have dogs off leash in the park and that there were aggravating circumstances.
Judge V. Myers acknowledged that people tend to let their dogs off leash just before they get to the car, but described it as a 鈥渂ad policy.鈥�
He agreed with the Crown and fined Young $300.
Paul Clarke
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