By rdnewsNOW staff

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Alberta man charged in abduction of three children fails to show up in court

Dec 17, 2019 | 6:02 PM

GRANDE PRAIRIE – An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged following an Amber Alert involving three children earlier this year that ended with them being located near Sylvan Lake.

D’artangan Dirk Pool did not show up, nor did a lawyer appear on his behalf, during a scheduled appearance on Monday in Grande Prairie Court of Queen’s Bench.

Pool’s lawyer had already applied to be removed as the counsel of record, a request that was granted.

Pool and Charmaine Annette Darnel, the children’s mother, were charged after three children who were three, four, and nine months were taken from a home in Fox Creek in June.

An Amber Alert was issued and the unharmed children and a woman were found later the same day in a vehicle near Sylvan Lake.

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Pool and Darnel face a number of charges that include abduction of a person under 14.

Darnel has pleaded guilty to four charges and is due back in Fox Creek court on Monday.

(With file from everythingGP, The Canadian Press)