Fredericton Independent
News from the Fredericton region, with a focus on justice issues
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Cops release new pic of missing senior (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowThe RCMP says its search for a missing up-river senior continues, and it released a recent image of the man Wednesday captured just days before his disappearance.The Western Valley detachment of the RCMP issued a news release Sept. 22, announcing that Steven Kooistra, 65, of Waterville - about 15 kilometres north of Woodstock - had been reported as missing.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s
RCMP seizure of firearms challenged (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowCounsel for an Elm Hill man is arguing a warrantless search by RCMP officers during an investigation into a firearm incident was illegal and that evidence the defendant should be excluded at trial.Willard Timothy Gosman, 23, of Elm Hill Road in Elm Hill, located about 10 kilometres south of Gagetown, appeared in Fredericton provincial court Tuesday in person and in custody, scheduled for trial on Oct. 8 charges.<a class="image-link image2 is-vi
No charges in Take Back the Night assault (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowIn investigating an assault that marred a public event opposing gender-based violence a year ago, the Fredericton Police Force identified and dealt with a suspect.However, that individual will never see the inside of a courtroom to answer to any charge.Sexual Violence New Brunswick held its Take Back the Night March the evening of Sept. 19, 2025, marking the 40th incarnation of the annual event.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img
City man denies choking, confining woman (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowA young Fredericton man in custody on charges alleging he choked a woman this summer and held her against her will denied those counts Tuesday and will stand trial next summer.<div
Man accused of sledgehammer assault (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowA Mill Cove man is due to return to court next month to answer to allegations that he assaulted a woman several times in the past couple of years, and that he assaulted a minor.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UX_G!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff893b75b-bf86-4548-8bfe-a85ab59e7748_800x450.jpeg" target
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