This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we have a security camera that caught its own theft, security at an airport were left scratching their heads trying to solve an aviation mystery and when being a fan of the movie Superbad goes wrong.
Follow the jump to find out who made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. …
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at an Ontario man who took the term “mobile home” too far. Then we fly over to Florida to hear about a couple who chose a peculiar location to be intimate – the back of a police car. Finally, we hear about a police officer who looked the other way during a triple shooting at a party.
More after the jump. …
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The “roadside” driving prohibition, a tool for police to handle cases of impaired driving without going to court, doesn’t literally have to be served at the side of the road, as its name may imply.
Lee, who specializes in impaired driving cases, said she was disappointed to see the original ruling overturned in the Sept. 11 Appeal Court ruling, penned by Justice Elizabeth Bennett.
Ontario says it just wants to make it more convenient for drivers. But criminal defence lawyer Kyla Lee warns that allowing the police to verify insurance information on a smartphone might open you up to abuses of your rights.
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Kyla: “My advice would be not to do it. It is incredibly foolish to give police access to as much personal information as you keep on your phone–particularly if that information could in any way incriminate you of just make an officer suspicious…”
Listen to the full story here.
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Sex crimes against children rose a staggering 400 per cent in Surrey between 2012 and 2018, according to a report highlighted by the RCMP on Tuesday.
Vancouver lawyer Kyla Lee told Postmedia News that one explanation for the increase was that police were putting more resources into child sex crimes, particular with the advent of the internet and access to chat-rooms and message boards.
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays we look at a case where the British police jumped to a conclusion far too quickly in a so-called major drug bust. Then, we look at an argument over roofing supplies that ended in a six-year-long litigation. Finally, we consider the important area of food law and whether it is wise to sue when a chicken sandwich is sold out.
Follow the jump and read more of this week’s weirdest and wackiest legal stories. …
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Kyla Lee appeared on the Jeff Andreas show to discuss an off-duty cop that discovered three marijuana plants in a Revelstoke couple’s yard which were inevitably confiscated.
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“If you don’t tell people the threshold, a driver might see the speed-camera sign and slam on the brakes,” said Vancouver traffic-ticket lawyer Kyla Lee. “Now you have the risk of the driver behind them not reacting fast enough and rear-ending them. Or the driver might not brake properly and lose control of their vehicle.”
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Kyla was recently in the TriCity News to discuss whether cops and conservation officers can take your phone.
“If [an officer] arrests somebody, and there’s a phone on them, [they] are permitted to search and seize that phone for the purposes of collecting or preserving evidence related to the offence,” Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer, told The Tri-City News.
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Kyla Lee appeared on The Shift with Drex to discuss how Cannabis impairment charges are very low thus far in Canada.
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