MOOSE JAW – A man who owns the home where an RCMP officer was shot during a drug bust north of Biggar was granted bail, again.
Forty-year-old Kurt Miller had a show cause hearing in Moose Jaw Provincial Court Dec. 20 and was released and now his matter is headed back to North Battleford Provincial Court on Jan. 25, 2022.
Miller’s charges continue to be waived between various courthouses including Saskatoon, Regina, Biggar, North Battleford and Moose Jaw.
Miller was arrested in May 2020 during a traffic stop in Regina. As a result of the traffic stop by Regina Police, Miller was charged with drug trafficking offences. He was also charged with possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public and breach of probation.
A day after the traffic stop, police raided his rural property 27 kilometres north of Biggar and arrested Mitch Hutchinson, 49. The Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit assisted in the raid of Miller’s rural house in the R.M. of Glenside north of Biggar. After a search of that property, Miller was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000 and 16 firearms-related charges.
Miller was initially released on bail last year. The charges against Miller haven’t been proven in court.
Hutchinson has already been sentenced in the incident north of Biggar. In July 2020, Hutchinson was sentenced to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court. The court heard that Hutchinson mistakenly shot an RCMP officer thinking the officer was a coyote in the bushes surrounding Miller’s house. The officer was treated immediately for minor injuries.
