Fredericton man denied bail
Timothy Robert Dunphy, 50, deemed “arrestable” on numerous files by city police force late last month, will remain in custody until prosecutions against him conclude
A Fredericton man facing a long and varied list of charges laid by the Fredericton Police Force and the RCMP will remain in custody until the prosecutions he’s facing wrap up.
Timothy Robert Dunphy, 50, of Victory Avenue, appeared in Fredericton provincial court via video conference from the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre on Thursday for a bail hearing, after previously postponing the proceedings on a couple of occasions.
Dunphy faces charges from two different policing agencies alleged to have occurred over the course of three months this fall.
The RCMP has accused him of breaking into a detached garage in Maugerville belonging to Steven Basque, stealing Basque’s 2023 Can-Am all-terrain vehicle, possessing that stolen ATV, impaired driving, dangerous driving and causing property damage to Basque’s garage door, all on Sept. 14.
The Fredericton Police Force has also charged him with various alleged offences in the capital in October and November.
It alleges he stole an electric bike worth less than $5,000 belonging to Princess Auto on Oct. 23; that he had a stolen 2009 Ford Fusion belonging to Robert Donald Moorcraft in his possession, drove dangerously and fled from police, all on Nov. 23; and that he caused property damage to a cable and lock at the southside Kent Building Supplies store and stole tools belonging to Napa Auto Parts on Nov. 25.
After his bail hearing Thursday, provincial court Judge Scott Brittain ruled Dunphy’s continued detention was merited.
The evidence presented at the hearing and the reasons for the judge’s decision are subject to a publication ban until the various cases against Dunphy conclude.
He’ll be back before a judge Jan. 4 to enter pleas.
The Fredericton Police Force issued an alert on social media in late November about Dunphy, noting officers were looking for him because he was "arrestable on several police files."
He was located and arrested in the days after that advisory was released.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.