RCMP Watch

James Foster, Moncton, N.B. (Times & Transcript) - A former Codiac Regional RCMP officer who molested his own young relatives over decades was handed a four-year term in federal penitentiary yesterday.
The name of the man, 52, is banned from publication by court order. When Crown attorney William Richards asked for the usual ban on the [...]

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Steve Bruce, Halifax, N.S. (ChronicalHerald.ca) - Two Dartmouth brothers, one an ex-Mountie, could be fined more than $100,000 after being found guilty this week of smuggling cigarettes into the province.
Thomas Matthew Tapper, 56, and Rody Francis Martin, 45, both of Trillium Court, were convicted Tuesday in Dartmouth provincial court.
Both men are members of the Shubenacadie [...]

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(Mississauga News) - A former RCMP officer who police say has been living in Mississauga with his mother has been given a 12-month conditional sentence for possessing child pornography.
Andrew Ugrica, 39, resigned from his North Vancouver RCMP detachment in January, before giving a guilty plea.
His lawyer told the court Ugrica now plans to stay in [...]

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Essica Leeder, Ottawa (Globe and Mail) - A high-ranking Mountie ensnared in the RCMP pension scandal said the House of Commons’ top legal officer privately offered her a chance to avoid becoming “roadkill” in a campaign to have her cited for contempt of Parliament.
The proposal by veteran law clerk Rob Walsh would have required that [...]

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Vancouver, B.C. (CKNW AM980) - A former Mountie and Vancouver police officer has pleaded guilty to indecency charges dating back more than 35 years.
Robert Gordon Bodkin was working as a transit supervisor for the Coast Mountain Bus Company when he was arrested in October.
He was charged with two counts of gross indecency and two counts [...]

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Victoria, B.C. (Canadian Press) - A former RCMP officer has been found not guilty of sex crimes.
Gary Rudy Groenke, 48, was acquitted of all three charges in Supreme court in Victoria Friday.
He had been on trial in Port Alberni last month for an alleged sexual assault of a minor, sexual assault and invitation to sexual [...]

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Peter Small (Toronto Star) - A retired RCMP officer who provided guns for a legendary con man has been sent to jail for five years for 10 firearms offences.
David Kift, 50, who served in the RCMP for 18 years and wrote a self-published book, The Naked Mountie, had been found guilty in December by Superior [...]

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Karen Boden (Westcoaster.ca) - A former RCMP officer who owned property in Port Alberni during the 1990s is on trial this week for sexual assault of a young male.
Gary Groenke retired from the police force in Sechelt in 1989, moved to Port Alberni and was owner of the Kingsway Hotel.
He also had a house in [...]

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Peter Small (Toronto Star) - A retired RCMP officer who provided guns for a legendary con man has been convicted of 10 firearms offences, including illegally defacing serial numbers.
David Kift, 50, an 18-year RCMP veteran who wrote a self-published tell-all book about his days on the force, The Naked Mountie, was found guilty by Superior [...]

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Peter Small (Toronto Star) - A retired RCMP officer who provided guns for a self-described mobster has been convicted of 10 firearms offences, including illegally removing serial numbers.
David Kift, 50, who served for the RCMP for 18 years and wrote a self-published book, The Naked Mountie, was found guilty by Superior Court Justice Paul Rivard [...]

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