The cases against two former Port Coquitlam city workers will be back in provincial court later this month.
Yesterday (Thursday), both files against Harold Lewis and Dean McIntosh went before a justice of the peace and were put over until March 21.
Lewis, 56, of PoCo, is accused of theft under $5,000 for allegedly stealing copper piping from the municipality while working as a water operator.
He was one of seven city workers in the engineering and public works department fired last summer on allegations of theft and selling the product for scrap metal for personal gain, over a 10-year period.
Their dismissals came two months after McIntosh, a former facility co-ordinator, was sentenced for stealing about $175,000 from the city over three years.
Last May, he received an 18-month conditional sentence order after he pleaded guilty to obtaining money over $5,000 by false pretences.
Now, McIntosh stands accused of breaching the conditions of his sentence; the latest charges were filed in January in Maple Ridge.
Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel for the BC Prosecution Service, told The Tri-City News today (Friday) those allegations relate to breaching his curfew and that he “not attend any casino or any establishment where the primary purpose is gaming or games of chance.”
