69.During the trip from CHAYKA’s, CHEESEMAN and HENNESSEY did not converse with ROSZKO, but ROSZKO ranted and complained about the RCMP, and threatened to get even with them. He indicated that he was going to burn down the Quonset. CHEESEMAN described his rantings as “devil talk”.
70.ROSZKO directed HENNESSEY to drive past the range road on which he lived, and to proceed to the next range road where his mother lived. He directed HENNESSEY to drive past his mother’s residence and to stop across the field from where the police were located. The two accused could see the lights from the police cars that early morning of March 3, 2005, and ROSZKO paused to pull socks over the outside of the boots he was then wearing. ROSZKO grabbed the HENNESSEY rifle from the back seat and proceeded off in the direction of the police, sometime in the early morning hours of March 3, 2005, and most likely between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
71.HENNESSEY and CHEESEMAN departed and drove directly home. CHEESEMAN suggested that they should call the police and warn them about ROSZKO, however, HENNESSEY discouraged that idea, and felt that ROSZKO would come after them should he evade police. Neither accused made such a phone call to police.
73.Later the same morning, HENNESSEY departed his residence for a Kal Tire meeting at the Mayfield Inn in Edmonton that commenced at 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 a.m. HENNESSEY remained at that meeting for the majority of that day and did not learn what had transpired at the ROSZKO farm until he heard it on the radio on his way home to his Barrhead area residence. HENNESSEY indicated that he would have arrived home between 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
74.Similarly, CHEESEMAN went to work at Sepallo Foods at 7:00 a.m. that same morning and left work at 1:30 p.m. claiming a family emergency. In fact, CHEESEMAN left work when he had heard about the murder of the four peace officers on the ROSZKO farm.
75.HENNESSEY was aware that the rifle he had provided to ROSZKO was in fact registered to his grandfather, John HENNESSEY. The senior HENNESSEY had provided the rifle to Shawn HENNESSEY when he believed the Government planned upon eliminating the gun registry requirements. John HENNESSEY believed that he gave the rifle to HENNESSEY in early 2003 or late 2002.
76.HENNESSEY and his mother, Sandy HENNESSEY, discussed the fact that the rifle was registered to John HENNESSEY and that the RCMP would undoubtedly follow-up on that aspect of the investigation by questioning John HENNESSEY. As a result, contact was made with the senior HENNESSEY, and the accused told John HENNESSEY that ROSZKO had the .300 Winchester Magnum. John HENNESSEY indicated that he was quite sure that it was his own suggestion that they all “story” to the police the notion that the rifle had been stolen from the back of John HENNESSEY’s welding truck.
77. Following an extensive RCMP investigation, the accused CHEESEMAN was arrested on July 7, 2007, and the accused, HENNESSEY, was arrested on July 8, 2007.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 655 of the Criminal Code of Canada, the above paragraphs contain facts, which are alleged by the Crown and admitted by the Accused, Shawn William HENNESSEY, and the Accused, Dennis Keegan CHEESEMAN, for the purpose of dispensing with formal proof thereof at trial.
SHAWN WILLIAM HENNESSEY
D’ARCY DEPOE
Counsel for the Accused, Hennessey
EDMOND O’NEIL
Counsel for the Accused, Hennessey
DENNIS KEEGAN CHEESEMAN PETER NORTHCOTT
Counsel for the Accused, Cheeseman
DAVID A. LABRENZ
Agent of the Attorney General
APPENDIX B
Reason for Judgment
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Tim Gordon, Publisher, Renfrew, ON
Jane Karchmar, Editor, Kingston, ON
Staff Sgt. (ret.) Carl MacLeod, Burlington, ON
AUTHOR’S INTERVIEWS
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Begg, Shirley, Cochrane, AB
Campobasso, Cpl. Mike, Burlington, ON
Cheliak, Chief Supt. Marty, Iqaluit, Nunavit
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DePoe, D’Arcy, Edmonton, AB
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Index
“Bradley” (alias)
“Conrad” (alias)
“Edward” (alias)
“Gregory” (alias)
“Harold” (alias)
Adam, Inspector Don
Adamitz, Cpl. Lorne
Aglukark, Susan
Anderson, Scott
Anson, Cst. Douglas Arthur, Charlotte
Ayotte, Judge Peter
Barlow, Eliza
Barsness (Johnston), Kelly
Baskerville, Cst. Barry
Bateman, Devon
Beck, S/Sgt. Scott
Begg, Don
Begg, Shirley
Benaquisto, Lucia
Bereza, Cst. Dale
Bereza, Steve
Bernardo, Paul
Booth, George
Bourdages, Cst. Marc
Bourget, Bob
Bourque, Eddie
Bouwmeester, Cst. Daniel
Broadway, Ed
Brodsky, David
Brophy, Cst. Perry
Buday, Cst. Michael
Cameron, Cst. Robin
Campbell, Cpl. Ron
Campobasso, Sgt. Mike
Carter, Lindsay
Chayka, Ann
Cheeseman, Dennis
Cheliak, Supt. Marty Frontis,
Cherry, Don
Christians (Dennis), Cindie
Christians, Kevin
Clarkson, Governor General Adrienne
Collins, Michelle
Connell, Kim
Cook, Adam
Cormack, Steve
Cormier, Ryan
Cotter, John
Crombie, Leslie
Crosby, Sydney
DaSilva, Alex
Dennis (Christians), Cst. Cindie Frontis,
Dennis, Bonnie
Dennis, Shelly
Ann Dennis, Val
DePoe, D’Arcy
Dills, Heather
Dowell, Glenn
Drollet, Cst. Jim
Dunn, Peter
Dunn, Sgt. Jerry
Dwyer, Lorraine
Eichhorn, Tom
Feist, Cst. Jeff
Fifield, Stephanie
Fifield, Warren
Fitzpatrick, Brenden
Foster, Sharon
Fowler, Bill
French, Kristen
Galloway, Jim
Gallup, Sgt. Maj. Robert
Garlatti, Andy
Gault, General Andrew Hamilton
Giles, Lee
Godue, Sgt. Mark
Gogan (Reid), Andria
Golden, Cooper
Gordon, Anthony Ashton J.
Gordon, Cst. Anthony (“Tony”)
Gordon (Gramercy), Kim
Gordon, Rob
Gordon, Spencer
Graham, Gabe
Graumann, Candi
Greenspoon, Ira
Greenwood, Gil
Greenwood, Matthew
Grower, Melanie
Guimonde, Father Ray
Guiry, Jim
Gulash, Cst. Al
Hagman, Harvey
Hardy, Inspector James
Harkness, Travis
Harper, Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, Rev. Bob
Helland, S/Sgt (Ret.), Bill
Hennessey, Barry
Hennessey (Cheeseman), Christine
Hennessey, John
Hennessey, Sandy
Hennessey, Shawn
Hennig, Mark
Heystek, Emma
Heystek, Heather Frontis
Heystek, Troy
Hnatiw, Mark
Homolka, Karla
Hoogestraat, Cst. Garrett
Hoskin, Cst. Beth
Huddy, Charlie
Hulan, Sgt. Bruce
Hundeby, Rev. Art
Hunter, Steve
Jackson, Deanna
Jackson, Tom
Jean, Governor General Michaelle
Johner,
Lyle
Johnson, Albert
Johnson, Ken
Johnston (Barsness), Kelly
Johnston, Cst. Leo Frontis,
Johnston, Grace
Johnston, Cst. Lee
Johnston, Ron
Josok, Cst. Trevor
Keck, Cst. Joseph
Keermaa, Bobbi–Lee
Kendall, Tanya
Killen, Karen
Kirkman, John
Kitteringham, former Supt. Clyde
Klein, Premier Ralph
Knecht, Chief Supt. Rod
Kohlhauser, Sgt. Terry
Kuehn, Cst. Bobby
Kuyp, Cpl. Joan
Kwong, Lieutenant–Governor Norman
Kyle, Dr. John
Labrenz, David
Lahaie, Cpl. Valerie
Lakeman, Katherine
Lakeman, Kathleen
Lakeman, Pat Frontis
Lapointe, Cst. Jason
Laubman, Cst. Chris
Lee, Doug
Leoppky, Deputy Commissioner Gary
Letal, Cst. Julie Frontis
Liborion, Cst. Armand
Lidstone, Cpl. Barry
Lotholz, Rev. Arnold
Lotoski, Cst. Garry
Loughran, Crystal
Lowe, Brian
MacIntyre, Chief Supt. Al
MacIntyre, Linden
Macklin, Justice Eric F.
Macleod, Col. James
MacLeod, S/Sgt. (Ret), Carl
MacMillan, Cash
MacMillan, Tracy
MacTavish, Craig
Maeda, Corps Sgt. Major Gene
Mahaffy, Leslie
Martin, Cpl. Jim Frontis,
Martin, Haley
Martin, Melanie
Martin, Prime Minister Paul
Mattson, Katie
Mayan, Dr. Ralph
McCarl, Cpl. Paul
McDermid, Don
McDermid, Mayor Doug
McKillop, Colette
McLaughlin, Joe
McLeod, Supt. Brian
McNish, Brad
Meredith, Sgt. Bob
Milgaard, David
Millen, Cst. Edgar
Mills, Dixie
Mindus, Dale
Murray, James
Myrol, Cst. Brock Frontis,
Myrol, Colleen
Nedjelski, Lincoln
Northcott, Peter
O’Neill, Edmond
O’Neill, Katherine
Oakes, Cpl. Wayne
Oros, Michael
Osland, Alecia
Osland, Neil
Ostopovich, Martin
Owtram, Ian
Pearce, Bruce
Pedersen, Cst. Gordon
Perry, Rob
Peters, Pete
Phillips, Rod
Pickard, S/Sgt. Tom
Pinder, Sgt. Brian Frontis,
Pittman, Chris
Poeter, Kenny
Power, Marian
Preugschas, Jurgen
Preugschas, Niko
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