Const. Ace Stewart was charged on Sept. 9 with driving without due care and attention contrary to the Motor Vehicle Act.
Stewart was charged after the vehicle he was operating allegedly struck and killed a five-year-old Penticton child walking across the intersection of Highway 97 and Green Mountain Road.
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Stewart, a veteran member of the RCMP with more than 20 years of service in the force, is scheduled for an intended guilty plea hearing in Penticton Provincial Court on Jan. 23.
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The chief civilian director of the Independent Investigation Office (IIO), B.C.’s RCMP watchdog, reported in a press release Aug. 11 that a report was forwarded to Crown counsel for the consideration of charges.