Moncton Man Wanted On Five Warrants - 91.9 The Bend

Alain Simplice Bweso (Courtesy RCMP)

RCMP need help to find a 27-year-old man wanted on arrest warrants for firearm and drug-related charges and he may be armed and dangerous.

Last October 21st, police carried out a search warrant at a home on Brooklyn Street in Moncton as part of an ongoing drug investigation.

A 27-year-old man fled the scene when officers tried to arrest him.

Two other individuals were arrested at the scene and later released.

Mounties searched the home and seized quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, a handgun, ammunition and drug trafficking-related equipment.

Five arrest warrants have been issued for 27-year-old Alain Simplice Bweso from Moncton for several firearm and drug related offences.

Alain Simplice Bweso is described as being five feet seven inches (172 centimeters) tall, and weighing about 180 pounds (82 kilograms).

He has brown eyes, and black hair.

RCMP seeking public’s assistance locating individual on warrant of arrest , https://t.co/4ycbOu9NF6 #Moncton pic.twitter.com/3VYyaJ6FXX

— RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) February 2, 2022

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Alain Simplice Bweso is asked to not approach him and contact the New Brunswick RCMP at 1-888-506-RCMP (7267).

Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), by downloading the secure P3 Mobile App, or by Secure Web Tips at www.crimenb.ca

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Happy Birthday to Five Former Blue Jays - Bluebird Banter

There are five former Blue Jays who have birthdays today.

First, Matthew Boyd turns 31 today.

Boyd was a left-handed pitching prospect for the Jays. On our 2015 Top 40 Prospect list, we had him at #15. He was a lefty who didn’t throw all that hard but mixed in a breaking ball and a change.

In 2015 he made a couple of spot starts for us. They didn’t go well. He gave up 4 runs in 6.2 innings against the Rangers on June 27. Then July 2, he gave up 7 earned without getting an out against the Red Sox.

July 30, Alex traded him, Daniel Norris, and Jairo Labourt to the Tigers for David Price. Since then, Boyd is 34-52 with a 4.98 ERA in 132 games, 128 starts with Detroit.

Matthew had a tough 2020 (many of us did), going 3-7 with a 6.71 ERA in 12 starts. He led the AL with 15 home runs allowed and 45 earned runs.

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Paul Kilgus is 60 today. We picked him up in a trade from the Cubs for Jose Nunez in December 1990.

Kilgus was a lefty pitcher who had been with the Rangers before the Cubs, putting up a 14-22 record and a 4.15 ERA in 57 games, 44 starts.

He was part of a big 9-player trade, bringing him over to the Cubs. The Cubs also got lefty relievers Steve Wilson and Mitch Williams and infielder Curt Wilkerson. Jamie Moyer, Drew Hall, and a young first baseman named Rafael Palmeiro went to Texas. Palmeiro would go on to hit 569 homers in his career.

I remember thinking Kilgus could be a pretty good fifth starter for us. Unfortunately, Kilgus had an injury-filled season, and they banished him to Baltimore after the season. He’d have a season with the Cardinals and then was out of baseball.

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Dale Murray turns 72 today.

He played two seasons for the Jays, putting up a 2.92 ERA in 67 games, and had 11 saves in 1981 and 1982.

After the 1982 season, he was part of one of the best trades in Jays’ history. He and Tom Dodd would go to the Yankees for Dave Collins, Fred McGriff, and Mike Morgan (and cash). McGriff would become one of the best players in Jays’ history. And then he was part of the trade that brought us Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter. Teams have been overpaying for relievers for a long time. So it is hard to see our path to the World Series without the Murray trade.

Murray would spend two seasons, plus three games of a third, with the Yankees. He had a 4.73 ERA in 62 games, with 1 save. After the Yankees, he played one game for the Rangers and was out of baseball.

Murray played in the majors for 12 seasons, with six teams, Expos, Reds, Mets, Expos again, Jays, Yankees, and Rangers. In total, he had a 3.95 ERA in 518 games, just 1 start and had 60 saves.

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Travis Snider turns 34 today.

You know the story. Travis was our top prospect for many years. Baseball Prospectus had him as the 5th best prospect in baseball in 2009, 7th best in 2008, and 40th best in 2007.

He would go on to play parts of 5 seasons with the Jays. In 242 games, he hit .248/.306/.429 with 31 homers.

In 2012 he was traded to the Pirates for reliever Brad Lincoln. He played 3 seasons for the Pirates. Then they sent him to the Orioles. Then went back to the Pirates. Since then, he’s been in the Royals, Rangers, Mets, Diamondbacks, Marlins and Braves systems.

In 8 major league seasons, he has a .244/.311/.395 line with 54 homers in 630 games. He recently announced his retirement.

I think of him in much the same way I think of Dalton Pompey. The team thought or knew something about them that we didn’t. They did or didn’t do something that the team didn’t like. Neither seemed to get an extended chance with the team, while other players seem to get several opportunities. Somewhere there is an alternate universe with Snider and Pompey playing the outfield for us.

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Pat Tabler turns 64 today.

Tabler had a 12 year MLB career. He played 1202 games and hit .282/.345/.379 in 1202 games. Unfortunately, I thought he was overrated as a player. He had a 3.1 bWAR total in those 12 years and didn’t have the power you would like from a first baseman/left fielder.

His last two seasons were with the Blue Jays, 1991 and 1992, so he owns a World Series ring thanks to his time with us. In those two seasons, he hit .231/.313/.278 in 131 games, primarily playing first base. Those aren’t the numbers you want to see from a first baseman.

We all know his claim to fame is his batting line with bases loaded. In 109 PA he hit .489/.505/.693 with 2 home runs and 108 RBI. He was good with RISP, too, .317/.388/.432.

I don’t know what the plan is for the TV broadcast team is for the coming season (presuming there will be a coming season). I don’t think they have announced whether Buck and Pat are coming back, but I’d imagine they will, in some combination with Dan Shulman.

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Happy birthday to Matt, Paul, Dale, Travis, and Pat. I hope you all have a great day.

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'It's pure neglect': Ontario mother says school left her five-year-old son outside in the cold - CTV News Toronto

The mother of a five-year-old boy who was allegedly left out in the cold following outdoor playtime at an Ontario public school last month is accusing staff members of neglect.

"The whole situation is upsetting. It's hard to comprehend how this happens in schools," Peterborough resident Jennifer Hopkins told CTV News Toronto on Tuesday.

On Jan. 24, Hopkins said her son was playing with his classmates at R.F. Downey Public School in Peterborough during outdoor playtime in a designated student area. Once playtime ended, Hopkins said her son discovered that the doors to re-enter the school were locked.

Hopkins said her son managed to open up a nearby gate and decided to walk himself home. The preschooler was spotted by a man who accompanied the boy around 1 p.m.

Temperatures in Peterborough on that day reached a high of – 8 degrees Celsius and dipped as low as – 12 degrees at the time of the incident.

“He was just crying and he was ice cold,” Hopkins explained.

The mother said she immediately contacted the school and asked if they were aware that one of their students was missing. She said they were not.

Hopkins said she then made contact with Peterborough police, who later determined that there were no grounds to lay any criminal charges.

According to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, which oversees operations at R.F. Downey, staff members accounted for all students before returning to the classroom.

"We take our commitment to student safety very seriously. This was a significant incident that school staff responded to with urgency and care, both at the time and afterwards," the board said in a statement to CTV News Toronto.

Moreover, they argue that the doors in the student area where pupils were playing were open at the time of the incident.

"While the doors in this student area where the students were playing were open for entry to the school, we remain deeply concerned that the student was able to leave school property," the statement read.

But Hopkins said she takes issue with that explanation.

“To call it an accident, you know, when it's pure neglect. It just it makes me upset because I feel differently,” Hopkins said. "The teacher should have known better. They seen him that morning. When I dropped him off.”

As a result of the incident, Hopkins said she has worked with the board to relocate her son and seven-year-old daughter to another school.

The board said it continues to review the incident and has since implemented additional measures for exit and entry processes during playtime.

However, Hopkins said she still has questions for the board and is pushing for the staff members involved to be held accountable. Also, she said she is speaking with lawyers and considering legal options.

"He's going to need some help and reassurance that nothing like this will ever happen to him again," she said.

With files from Mike Walker 

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NB Reports Five Deaths, 162 Hospitalized - 91.9 The Bend

New Brunswick health officials recorded five more deaths involving people who had COVID-19 on Tuesday.

The latest deaths involve two people in their 70s and two people in their 80s from the Saint John Health Zone, as well as one person in the 90 and over age group from the Moncton area.

Current hospitalizations related to COVID-19 rose by ten on Tuesday to 162, according to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard. Of those in hospital, 67 patients were admitted for COVID-19, while the remaining 95 patients were admitted for other reasons.

There are 17 patients who require ICU, and 16 of them were among those admitted for the virus. New Brunswick currently has 7 patients that are on a ventilator.

The provincial healthcare system is currently without 385 workers who are either positive for COVID-19 or in isolation.

Public Health identified 228 new cases on Tuesday, based on PCR testing data. Of these new cases, 74 are in the Moncton region, and 56 are in the Saint John region.

There are 4,408 known active cases in the province following 656 recoveries, though these figures only account for cases confirmed through PCR tests.

An additional 603 rapid test positives have also been reported to the Department of Health.

Vaccination statistics updated on Tuesday indicate 92.1 per cent of the eligible population has received their first dose, 84.5 per cent has received two doses, and 44.3 per cent has received a booster.

The rate of new PCR cases is 28.3 per 100,000 for those considered “protected” — having received their second dose within six months and/or having received their booster dose — and 33.8 per 100,000 for those with partial or no protection.

Of those currently in hospital, the rate is 35.1 per 100,000 for those considered protected and 101.8 per 100,000 for those with partial or no protection.

Among those in the ICU, the rates are 6.8 per 100,000 for those considered protected and 34.2 per 100,000 for those with partial or no protection.

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Shaun Robinson gets five years in federal jail for violent home invasion - moosejawtoday.com

Shaun Clayton Robinson will spend the next five years in federal prison for assaulting two men that left one with shotgun pellets in his leg and another with severe facial lacerations. 

Robinson, 43, from Moose Jaw, appeared in provincial court recently and pleaded guilty to break and enter with intent, aggravated assault, and three charges of breaching court orders. 

The Crown stayed more than a dozen other charges.

As part of a joint submission, Robinson received five years in jail for the break-in, two years concurrent — at the same time — for the aggravated assault, and 30 days concurrent for the breaches. He must give a DNA sample, is prohibited for life from owning firearms and must forfeit all weapons seized during the incidents. 

Since he spent 302 actual days on remand after his August 2021 arrest, the court credited him with 453 days based on the formula of time-and-a-half. This means he will serve 1,372 days in jail or about 3.8 years.

Robinson and co-accused Jordan Shields arrived at the trailer court on Ninth Avenue Northeast early on March 27, 2020, armed with a customized cane, a shotgun, and a pit bull and broke into the home of Nathan Forbes, explained Crown prosecutor Stephen Yusuff. 

Robinson smashed Forbes in the head with the cane, and when the latter defended himself, Robinson fired the shotgun near Forbes’ left knee, Yusuff continued. The injury required emergency surgery, and doctors later removed 13 pellets from Forbes’ leg but left four pellets since they were too close to an artery. 

After firing the gun, Shields unleashed his dog and the animal sunk its teeth into Forbes’ neck, puncturing the skin. Forbes pulled off the animal by grabbing it by its collar. Shields then punched Forbes in the head before fleeing. 

During a trial on March 19, 2021 in Court of Queen’s Bench on a different matter, Shields was sentenced to 5.5 years in federal jail. 

Following that trial, he pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and committing assault for the March 27, 2020 incident. He received 50 months tacked onto the first jail sentence but will serve 32.1 months due to court credit. This is almost 100 months or 8.3 years in jail. 

The second incident in which Robinson was involved occurred at 2:48 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2021, when police went to a home on Main Street North for an assault, Yusuff said. Officers found the victim outside with severe facial lacerations and numerous bumps on his head. 

The victim told police that three people broke in and assaulted him. He also alleged that one assailant carried a shotgun. 

Five years of jail for the break-in and two years concurrent for the assault is a “very lenient position” compared to similar incidents, the Crown prosecutor added. This joint submission is a quid pro quo between the Crown and defence because one witness was reluctant to speak while the Crown had issues with its case. 

Robinson committed these crimes because of a drug addiction, which began in Grade 9 with cannabis and escalated to cocaine and methamphetamines into adulthood, defence lawyer Jill Drennan. 

The man hopes to access treatment resources in prison, while he plans to return to Moose Jaw afterwards and acquire further tools for sobriety, she added. He has taken responsibility for his actions and wants to get on with life.

“I just want to get it done and over with,” Robinson confirmed by video.

Judge Daryl Rayner accepted the joint submission and waived the victim surcharge fee.  

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Five headlines for Tuesday morning - moosejawtoday.com

Here are 5 stories we are highlighting this morning.

1. Russia responds to US proposal to deescalate Ukraine crisis

2. Universal health care bill fails to pass in California

3. 'We are not intimidated,' Trudeau says as convoy continues to gridlock Ottawa

4. Commons ethics committee wants cellphone data collection halted over privacy concerns

5. Brentford gives Eriksen comeback chance; City signs Alvarez

For all the latest national and international news, as well as sports, keep visiting MooseJawToday.com and scroll down our page for the headlines.

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MLHU reports five new COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday - CTV News London

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting five new COVID-19-related deaths as the number of new cases and hospital inpatients declined.

The region has now seen a total of 305 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The new deaths include: two women in their 60s, one associated with a long-term care home, a man in his 70s, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 90s associated with a retirement home.

The deaths come as the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) reports a decline in inpatients with COVID-19 to 149 from 155 on Monday.

There are 28 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and five or fewer at Children's Hospital, with none in pediatric Critical Care.

Of those with COVID-19 at LHSC, 89 are being treated for COVID-19 while 60 are being treated for other issues but have also tested positive.

The number of COVID-positive staff is at 205 and there are seven active outbreaks at LHSC.

At St. Joseph's Health Care, the number of workers who are positive has dropped to 64, while the number of positive patients/residents is at 12. An outbreak at Parkwood Institute continues, while another at Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care has been declared over.

As of Saturday, 1,074,004 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Middlesex-London.

Of those eligible age five and over, 89.9 per cent have now received at least one dose and 84.9 per cent are fully vaccinated, while 46.1 per cent have received a booster dose.

Among the youngest group ages five to 11 years old, 57.3 per cent have received one dose and 22 per cent are fully vaccinated. That's up from 47.6 per cent with a single dose and 3.8 percent with two doses as of Jan. 1.

REGIONAL COVID-19 COUNTS

Here are the most recently available lab-confirmed COVID-19 case counts from local public health authorities, though testing changes make these an underestimate of actual cases:

• Middlesex-London – 90 new, 1,792 active, 29,274 total, 27,177 resolved, 305 deaths (five new)
• Elgin-Oxford – 676 active, 10,240 total, 9,425 resolved, 139 deaths
• Grey-Bruce – 17 new, 156 active, 5,530 total, 5,335 resolved, 34 deaths
• Huron-Perth – 60 new, 5,056 total, 85 deaths (five new)
• Sarnia-Lambton – 38 new, 269 active, 8,831 total, 8,454 resolved, 108 deaths

Ontario health officials report there are 3,091 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the province, with 568 in intensive care.

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