Erika Sherk
Northern News Services
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

YELLOWKNIFE - A former hospital security guard has been charged with theft after he was accused of stealing money from Stanton Territorial Hospital.

The theft was reported March 8 at 10:44 a.m. The female guard, 20, was released with a promise to appear in court. The amount of money stolen was not available, said RCMP Cpl. Marc Coulombe.

Man caught with collapsible baton

A 33-year-old man was charged with theft in connection to a nail gun stolen from the Polar Tech snowmobile shop. Two employees chased the man when he left the store, and caught him. After he was caught, a RCMP search of the suspect revealed a collapsible baton on his person, which is a restricted weapon according to Coulombe.

Another teenage group attack documented

RCMP received a report that a teenaged girl was chased around downtown by a group of girls, said Coulombe.

The incident took place by Centre Square Mall. One of the teens chasing the girl had a knife, said Coulombe.

The incident was reported to have taken place just after midnight on March 11. It's still under investigation.

A lesson for all would-be pawners

A 68-year-old man was arrested at Centre Square Mall and charged with theft.

It was reported that he had stolen a guitar from the Source by Circuit City electronic store in the mall.

He was then stopped by mall security guards as he tried and sell the guitar inside the mall, said Coulombe.

Pot sneaking jailbird busted

An inmate at the North Slave Correctional Centre was charged with possession of marijuana on March 7.

Two to three grams of marijuana were discovered in two different packages hidden below the inmate's scrotum, according to Coulombe.

The inmate, 20, is from Fort Smith, Coloumbe said.