Fraud charges after items ‘returned’ Funeral Thursday for snowmobiler The Strumbellas nominated for three Juno awards
Two people were arrested by city police Monday afternoon at the Lansdowne St. Walmart store. Store staff told police that two people took items off shelves, returned them to customer service without paying and were given gift cards in lieu of a refund. The two then went shopping. Police allege the man put items from the food aisle under his coat and didn’t pay while the woman used the gift cards to buy other food items. A store security officer stopped the pair outside the store and police were called. Scott Edward Saxby, 32, of Water St., was charged with theft under $5,000, fraud under $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order. He was also charged with uttering a forged document in connection with an incident involving an altered medical prescription in 2014. Crystal Dawn Rellinger, 26, of no fixed address, was charged with fraud under $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order. They were held in custody and were to appear in court Tuesday. A funeral will be held Thursday for John Shaw, the 52-year-old Ennismore man who died Thursday after his snowmobile went through the ice on Stoney Lake off Emerald Isle Road last Thursday. His body was recovered Friday by OPP divers. Mr. Shaw was the father of three children and is survived by his fiancee Maureen Taylor. Visitation is Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Comstock-Kaye Life Celebration Centre, 356 Rubidge St. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 360 Reid St., followed by a reception and celebration of life at the Peterborough Lions Community Centre at 347 Burnham St. in East City. The Strumbellas, who rose to international fame last year with their chart-topping single Spirits, were nominated Tuesday for three Juno Awards, including single of the year, group of the year and the Juno fan choice award. The indie rock-alternative-folk six-piece, featuring four musicians originally from Lindsay, will also perform along with Alessia Cara and A Tribe Called Red at Canada’s biggest awards ceremony, which will take place in Ottawa on April 2. Spirits is up against Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes, One Dance by Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla, Wild Things by Cara and Starboy by The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk. The band took to Twitter to voice its excitement, saying “We just nomberominated for Single Of The Year what #Junos” The group is up against Billy Talent, The Tragically Hip, Arkells and Tegan and Sara for group of the year. In the fan choice category, The Strumbellas were nominated alongside Hedley, Justin Bieber, Drake, Mendes, Cara, Belly, Ruth B, The Weeknd and Tory Lanez. Hope, The Strumbellas third full-length release, was released April 22, 2016. The band celebrated its release with a pair of sold-out shows at The Academy Theatre in Lindsay. Singles We Don’t Know and Young & Wild have also been released from the album. The band, which formed in Toronto in 2008, has released and toured extensively in support of two other full-length records, including 2013’s We Still Move on Dance Floors, which sold more than 12,000 copies and won a Juno for roots and traditional album of the year. The band consists of Ward on vocals and guitar, David Ritter on vocals and keys, Jon Hembrey on lead guitar, Isabel Ritchie on violin, Darryl James on bass guitar, and Jeremy Drury on drums. Hembrey, James, Drury and Ward are all from Lindsay while Ritter and Ritchie came aboard after Ward posted a call for additional musicians to Craigslist. The St rum bell as’ first album, 2012’s independently released My Father and the Hunter, also earned the band a nomination in the same Juno category they would win with their next effort.