Nelson Star, September 04, 2015

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Nelson residents who purchase tickets to the annual Road Kings Rooftop Shaker on Saturday, Sept. 12, which will feature music from Men in the Making and Sunshine Drive, will find an exciting addition to their ticket: a tear-away stub redeemable for a free cab home. As part of the anti-drinking Safe Ride Home program, the free taxi rides are courtesy of Kootenay Insurance Services and the Nelson and District Credit Union. Party-goers’ safety that night will be made possible by a team that includes (left to right) Glacier Cabs’ Terry Maglio, Tom Atkins of the credit union, Donna Wingenbach of Kootenay Insurance Services, and Hume Hotel owner Ryan Martin. Tickets for the show, which will be held on the roof of the city parkade, are $25. Will Johnson photo

Nelson police officer found guilty of assault

BILL METCALFE Nelson Star A Nelson police officer has been convicted of assault. Judge Richard Hewson found Cst. Drew Turner of the Nelson Police Department guilty of one count Tuesday. The judgement follows a trial in July at which three of Turner’s colleagues testified that he punched a woman to unconsciousness during an attempt to contain her during an arrest.

The circumstances

On May 1, 2014, Turner, off duty and in plainclothes, stopped to help Cst. Bill Andreaschuk who was attempting to arrest Tawny Campbell whom he found wandering in traffic, drunk, on Nelson Ave. near the orange bridge. Campbell, in her early 20s, who weighs 107 pounds and is 5'5" tall, was fighting Andreaschuk violently. He radioed for help, then got her

partially into the back seat of his truck. He then attempted to handcuff her, assisted by Turner, who was passing by at the time. Acting Sgt. Jarrett Slomba and Det.Cst. David Laing arrived in response to Andreaschuk’s call. Slomba walked up behind Turner, put a hand on his shoulder, and said, “I’ve got this.” In the trial, Turner denied Slomba had done this, and said he didn’t know Slomba and Laing were there.

Turner kept struggling with Campbell. By this time he and Andreaschuk had cuffed her hands in front of her body, and she was on the floor of the back seat of the truck with her legs outside the truck. The trial testimony of Slomba, Andreaschuk, and Lang varied somewhat in terms of the order of events, but the judge accepted that Turner first hit

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