{"id":10206,"date":"2018-01-10T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=10206"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:40:26","slug":"alexa-emerson-going-straight-trial-bomb-threat-white-powder-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/01\/10\/alexa-emerson-going-straight-trial-bomb-threat-white-powder-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa Emerson going straight to trial on bomb threat, white powder charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0 <a class=\"author\" href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/author\/bmcadamsp\"><span class=\"name\">Bre McAdam, Saskatoon StarPhoenix<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The case against Alexa Emerson,\u00a0the Saskatoon woman accused in connection with dozens of bomb threats and white powder package deliveries, will proceed straight to trial.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary hearing will not be held and the case will instead go directly to trial, as per the direct indictment filed by the Crown. Such requests are made in cases where the Crown believes there is a serious enough reason to bypass a preliminary hearing, which determines if there is enough evidence for a trial. Reasons for a direct indictment include ensuring public confidence in the administration of justice, avoiding multiple court proceedings and\u00a0protecting ongoing police investigations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/tag\/alexa-emerson\">Emerson \u2014 also known as Amanda Totchek \u2014 faces more than 80 charges of public mischief, uttering threats and criminal harassment. Threatening packages were delivered to businesses and schools in November 2016 and March 2017.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was initially released from custody last January, re-arrested in April and denied bail in June.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/bail-denied-for-alexa-emerson-saskatoon-woman-accused-of-sending-bomb-threats-white-powder-packages\">Following a bail hearing<\/a>, the Crown estimated the financial cost of the white powder and bomb scares at more than $200,000.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the case were laid out during that two-day bail hearing, but the information is subject to a publication ban to ensure the accused has a fair trial. One of Emerson\u2019s previous lawyers indicated the allegations involve a \u201ccomplicated domestic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emerson\u2019s next appearance is scheduled for Feb. 20 in Saskatoon provincial court. Her trial is to be held in Court of Queen\u2019s Bench.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cat-head short\">Related<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/tag\/alexa-emerson\">Complete coverage: Alexa Emerson case<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source <a href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/alexa-emerson-going-straight-to-trial-on-bomb-threat-white-powder-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thestarphoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">By\u00a0 Bre McAdam, Saskatoon StarPhoenix The case against Alexa Emerson,\u00a0the Saskatoon woman accused in connection with dozens of bomb threats and white powder package deliveries, will proceed straight to trial. A preliminary hearing will not <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/01\/10\/alexa-emerson-going-straight-trial-bomb-threat-white-powder-charges\/\" title=\"Alexa Emerson going straight to trial on bomb threat, white powder charges\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[4629,4630,4631],"class_list":{"0":"post-10206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-news","9":"tag-alexa-emerson","10":"tag-bomb-threat","11":"tag-white-powder-charges","12":"pmpro-has-access"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10207,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10206\/revisions\/10207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}