On September 7, 2022, the Crown decided to run with a stay of proceedings against a Saskatchewan woman facing weapons and drug trafficking charges.
What this means for Robin Moccasin (34) is that the court doesn’t have to specify why a stay is happening but can run the charges again within a year.
It sounds like either the case is in shambles, they found a bigger fish and want her to turn, or there simply isn’t enough to put her away.
However, looking at what got her charged in the first place it’s hard to see where the Crown is lacking as far as putting her in jail for a while.
Saskatchewan Woman Avoids Court on Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges as the Crown Calls for a Freeze on Trial
Moccasin, who hails from Battleford, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police back on March 19, 2021. At the time, she was riding with a loaded semi-automatic rifle, and concerning amounts of crack, coke, meth, and—believe it or not—illegal marijuana.
This would be enough to go to prison for a long time south of the Canadian border. You could say this would even be a held without bond situation.
Robin Moccasin was hit with an absurd list of charges—absurd in the sense of how one person gets so many charges on one traffic stop and still leaves on bail.
There is possession of a restricted weapon without a license, tampering with a serial number on a firearm, unauthorized possession of a restricted weapon, unsafe storage of a firearm, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and two counts of possession with the purpose of trafficking.
Most of her charges have to do with the weapon and it appears that there was generosity as far as sparing her on the drug charges unless she just didn’t have a ton of illicit drugs.
The suspect was released after covering her bail only to be arrested on April 29, 2021 for the same thing. This time it was in Lloydminister and she was found with $50,000 in meth and cocaine—during a traffic stop!
There were more charges to go around as she was hit with two counts of possession for trafficking, obstruction, resisting arrest, identity fraud, and three counts of failing to comply.
Those charges were all dropped in June 2022 and point towards Moccasin turning and giving up names more so than the RCMP opting to drop charges to get her to put away.
Why do you believe the charges were dropped? Do you believe Moccasin is giving up names? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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