90-day sentence for woman posing as animal control officer
A former B.C. woman, who tried to steal the dog of an Innisfail family this summer by posing as an animal control officer, was given a 90-day sentence in Red Deer Provincial Court on Wednesday.
Appearing through CCTV at the Calgary Remand Centre, Karin Adams, 47, pleaded guilty to personation, criminal harassment and breaching a court order, with both Crown prosecutor Brittany Ashmore and defence lawyer Rod Clark making a joint submission for the 90-day sentence (which will be covered by time already served).
Adams, who had been in custody since her arrest at an Innisfail motel on September 6 for breaching court-ordered conditions, was also given a 10-year firearms ban and three-years of probation which prohibits her from having custody of or residing with animals, in addition to staying out of Innisfail and at least 200 metres away from the victim’s home.
It was on July 17 of this year when Adams, posing as an animal control officer, showed up at the victim’s Innisfail residence and asked the woman while she was gardening if her black Labrador was spayed or neutered. Adams then threatened to return and kick-in the door to retrieve the dog.