The Lethbridge alderman appeared in court Thursday and had her case put over to Sept. 8.

She was charged with public mischief in June, when Lethbridge Police said that after an eight-month investigation into her allegations, they had come to believe that she was making it up.

That accusation followed a charge in Montana, where police there alleged she had lied to them about her disappearance from Great Falls May 3. Heatherington went missing after a meeting in the city, then turned up in Las Vegas three days later, claiming to have been drugged, abducted and sexually assaulted.

After interviewing her, Great Falls police said she changed her story and that she went to Nevada with a man she'd met along the city's bike paths. They charged her with making a false statement to police. Prosecutors allowed her to plead not guilty to the charge and will drop it after one year, on the condition she receive psychiatric counselling.

Heatherington insists she is not guilty and that she was abducted, drugged and sexually assaulted.

The Lethbridge Crown has decided to prosecute the mischief case as an indictable offence, which means Heatherington faces a maximum sentence of five years in jail if convicted.

Alberta's Municipal Government Act disqualifies anyone convicted of a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of five years or more from serving on council.

Heatherington has also faced a number of city council battles since her disappearnce, with fellow alderman suggesting she resign and trying to change a bylaw so that she can't act as deputy mayor.

Source: edmonton.cbc.ca

Read the continued story of Dar Heatherington:


Stalker might be husband, Lethbridge city council alderwoman told police
Heatherington vote not 'vindictive': mayor
Lethbridge alderwoman pleads not guilty to public mischief charges
Heatherington case put over two weeks
Dar Heatherington centre of bylaw debate
Alderman Dar Heatherington not asked to resign
Council to vote on Dar Heatherington's resignation
Dar's legal problems taking turn for worst.
	Residents want Heatherington off council
DAR. Great Falls story continued
Alderwoman says statement to police was false
Darlene heatherington charged with public mischief
Dar Heatherington scolded, let go
Ms. Heatherington to appear in Montana court Tuesday
Lethbridge thanks for Great Falls' help finding Dar
Lethbridge thanks for Great Falls' help finding Dar

Whittaker was not home at the time, and Chief Deputy John Dailey said the death of Jesse Joe Tribble, 18, was not related to the burglary and was not a homicide. It may have been drug-related, Dailey said.

Judge Deborah Neal, 54, has been on paid leave since Aug. 16; she remains hospitalized for treatment of depression. She was among the patrons in a Kansas City, Kan., casino that was raided by authorities in April.

Dar Heatherington cried in court as she was handed the sentence for public mischief.

That evidence included letters, sexy lingerie and a computer disk with Ms. Heatherington's face pasted on photos of a woman performing various sex acts.

Armed men burst into the north Moscow arcade at about 6 a.m. and opened fire, the Interfax news agency reported. They killed a security guard and a customer, and seriously wounded the cashier.

Iorworth Hoare, the rapist, who has already been in jail for 36 years, has been moved from a low-security open prison to a high-security cell in another jail amid fears that he could be attacked by jealous prisoners.

But City of Lethbridge administrators found a section of the Municipal Government Act that said Heatherington's resignation took effect the day it was tendered – meaning her role on council ended Monday.

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Mayor Bob Tarleck said the city isn't waiting to see if Dar Heatherington voluntarily resigns before it applies to court for her removal. A lawyer is "presently engaged in this case," Tarleck said.

The 40-year-old had signed a plea agreement that the misdemeanor charge would be dropped if she stayed out of trouble for a year and saw a psychiatrist.

Under the deal, the charge was to be dismissed if she provided proof she had seen a psychiatrist, paid court costs and stayed out of trouble for the full year.

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