A Chilliwack woman who charged thousands of dollars to a stolen credit card and fled from police during an arrest attempt has been handed an eight-month conditional sentence order (CSO). Prolific offender Cassie Rose Ozmun will be electronically monitored and have a 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, but she has avoided jail time.
Ozmun, 31, appeared before B.C. Provincial Judge Kristen Mundstock at the Chilliwack Law Courts Friday (May 26) and pleaded guilty to several counts of possessing and using a stolen credit card. Ozmun got her hands on a corporate credit card from Skwah First Nation and used it to make 19 transactions between Feb. 8-14, 2020. Ozmum racked up $3,302.48 at three Shell gas stations. Crown prosecutor Sanda Di Curzio said Ozmun swiped the card to fuel up vehicles she was in, fuel up the vehicles of associates and fill up jerrycans.
Ozmun and two others who were also charged rolled up more than $6,000 in purchases.
She was captured on surveillance video for some of her transactions, but because credit card fraud is hard to prove in court, Crown opted against a lengthy and expensive trial and allowed Ozmun to plea a couple of charges away.
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She could not, however, make a charge of flight from police disappear. On Nov. 22, 2022 police tried to pull her over on outstanding arrest warrants. Driving a red Dodge Caravan van registered in a family member’s name, Ozmun led RCMP on a brief high-speed chase along Young Road and Hope River Road. In rainy conditions, police abandoned the pursuit in the name of public safety, but soon after officers saw Ozmun walking on Yale Road and arrested her without incident.
She was on probation at the time of the offences, and her long criminal history includes several breaches. She was also prohibited from driving at the time. Di Curzio told Mundstock she had concerns about Ozmun following the conditions of a CSO, but acknowledged that she’s been on one before and made it through OK. Mundstock warned Ozmun that failure to follow the CSO conditions could result in having it collapsed into jail time, and Di Curzio indicated that Crown will push for that if she doesn’t behave.
Ozmun will be living with her grandparents and will be banned from driving for another year. She spoke briefly to the court, taking responsibility for her actions and saying she wants to put this behind her and do better. She told Mundstock she’s been doing well enough that recently she’s been granted unsupervised visits with her three daughters.
Ozmun’s legal issues don’t end with these charges, however. She has a trial coming up Sept. 27 for several robbery-related charges from April 2022.
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