Cattle fraud charges against Drayton Valley man withdrawn, trial set for alleged animal cruelty
A Drayton Valley man will go to trial this December on multiple fraud and animal cruelty charges.
Alton Edward Wood, 45, was charged this May in connection to $1 million in alleged cattle fraud.
Those charges were laid following an investigation by RCMP which began in March 2021. However, the five counts Wood faced in that case were withdrawn at a July court appearance.
The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service tells rdnewsNOW that charges were done away with due to “no reasonable likelihood of conviction.”