Woman nets four months for multiple convictions

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on May 31, 2022.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com

A woman facing two dozen criminal charges was sentenced to nearly four months in jail after she pleaded guilty to most of the charges in Lethbridge provincial court.
Kendall Nicole Rowe, whose charges included multiple breaches of release conditions, as well as theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property, mischief and forcible entry, won’t have to spend any more time in custody, however, after she was given credit for time she already spent in remand while waiting to resolve her matters.
All of the charges stem from incidents the past two years, beginning on Oct. 3, 2020 when Rowe stole about $22 worth of food from a discount store on the north side.
Nearly three months later, at about 3 a.m. on Dec. 30, police received a report about suspected car prowling, and when they responded they found Rowe and two other individuals in the area, despite previous release conditions that prohibited Rowe from being outside her residence during her curfew hours.
Then on April 20, 2021 Rowe’s father called police and told them his daughter, who lived with him on and off and who was struggling with addictions, had stolen his Stanley Cup collector rings, worth about $500.
On June 6 a woman called police to report her computer tablet had been stolen from her home. She was, however, able to track the tablet to an address in the town of Raymond, and she, with another individual, went to the home and recovered the stolen item.
The same month Rowe was caught stealing spray paint, clothing, shampoo, soap and food from Walmart, worth a total of about $120. Another individual with her was caught with a number of the stolen items.
On July 30, at about 3 a.m. a Coaldale woman called police to complain about two people who were on her property and seen leaving with a bag. Police stopped the two suspects, one of whom was Rowe, and during a search found inside a backpack a number of bank documents belonging to the complainant, and which had been taken from vehicles on her property.
The following month RCMP received a complaint that a car had been stolen from a Raymond residence. The owner called police a second time later in the day after he and some friends had been searching for the vehicle, and had found it southwest of the town near Highway 844. They followed the vehicle into a field and saw two people run away.
When police arrived they, with the assistance of a police dog, found Rowe and a man about 75 metres north of the vehicle. During a subsequent search, police found a stolen hunting knife and a debit card that had also been reported stolen.
Also in August, Rowe and the same man had been at a northside residence and forced their way into a camper trailer, and were later seen by a neighbour leaving the trailer.
At about 6 a.m. on Sept. 22 Lethbridge police were contacted from the UFA store in the city to report that two people had forced open a bathroom door. Officers noted the damaged door and when the door was opened they found Rowe and the same man inside.
The two were together again on Nov. 18. Lethbridge police were patrolling near 12 Street North at about 11:30 p.m. and noticed a white pickup truck in an alley. The licence plate attached to the vehicle had been stolen. Rowe, who again was out past curfew, and the man left the vehicle and entered a yard.
In addition to breach charges for being out past curfew, Rowe also breached conditions that prohibited her from having contact with Cody Matthews, with whom she was caught during many of the offences to which she pleaded guilty.
“Miss Rowe has been identified repeatedly by family members and friends as having serious addictions issues, that is fueled by her relationship with Mr. Matthews, and it certainly lent to a great deal of the offences you have before you today,” the Crown told court.

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