Suspicious overtones

BY BRENT FOX

The Advertiser

NovaNewsNow.com



The court has released Lower Wolfville resident Donald Kevin Conrad, 48, on a recognizance for drug-related and Criminal Code and firearms charges.

Conrad appeared in Kentville provincial court Friday morning, Nov. 3 on charges of unsafe storage of a firearm and of possession of cannabis marijuana, a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused was apprehended by police Oct. 31 and appeared in court the following day. He was remanded by consent to Friday for his show cause hearing. He will return to court Dec. 4 for election and plea.

Defense counsel Joel Pink, who was not present Nov. 3, had made arrangements for Conrad’s release that day pending a $5,000 surety to the court from Conrad’s family, and conditions.

The conditions include the accused keeping the peace and being of good behaviour, attend court as ordered, remain in Nova Scotia, report to RCMP and possess no firearms or related weapons.

Crown prosecutor Darrell Carmichael told Judge Alan Tufts that the release was prepared pending no major developments occurring between the Nov. 1 court appearance and the accused’s return. “And nothing of significance that I know of has elapsed,� he said.

Federal Crown prosecutor David Greener agreed with the recognizance and conditions.

Meanwhile, police continue their investigation of and still seek information on the whereabouts of Conrad’s wife, 45-year-old Leslie Ann Conrad, who went missing from their home Oct. 5.

“This is still a missing person’s case, with suspicious overtones,� Kings RCMP spokesman Cst. Les Kakonyi told The Advertiser. There have been no confirmed sightings of her since her disappearance.

Police searched the Conrads’ home for clues last week, finding a number of items of interest, but nothing specific. The items have to be sent to different specialists for analysis.