Photograph By Lisa Joy A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a man after he failed to stick around in court to deal with his matter. Trevor Cummer, 39, had an appearance scheduled in North Battleford Provincial Court on April 27. The court acknowledged that Cummer was in court in the morning but left before his name could be called. Judge Murray Pelletier dealt with all other matters throughout the day and called Cummer’s matter about another five times and even had the sheriff look around the courthouse to see if he was in the building. Cummer never surfaced the rest of the day so the judge eventually issued a warrant for his arrest.
At that point, legal aide lawyer Jonathan Bodvarson asked the court to withdraw him as counsel for Goller, which Judge Pelletier granted. Goller is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of MDMA (Ecstacy) for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, unauthorized possession of a firearm, unsafe storage of a firearm, possession of a firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized, and possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition. Goller was arrested on Sept. 10, 2020, after the RCMP Gang Task Force/Street Enforcement Team raided a residence on the 1300 block of 96 Street in North Battleford.
At the federal Crown prosecutor’s request, Judge Daniel O’Hanlon stayed all charges against Cummer’s co-accused Ashlyn Paules. Cummer and Paules were arrested after RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence in the 700 block of 100 Street in North Battleford in October 2020. Police say when Cummer was arrested he had 22 grams of crack cocaine on him, hydromorphone, cash and weapons. During the search police say they found more evidence of drug trafficking. Paules was arrested at the residence and Cummer was arrested on his way to the residence. The search warrant came after a drug trafficking investigation the North Battleford RCMP Gang Task Force/Street Enforcement Team began at the end of September 2020.