Croney Sentencing Adjourned

by Dave DesveauxAugust 31, 2016

A sentencing hearing has been adjourned until next month for a Glace Bay woman who pleaded guilty to two charges in connection to her boyfriend’s death.

28 year-old Christina Michelle Croney was scheduled to be sentenced today but the hearing was adjourned until Tuesday.

Croney was originally charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death after Matthew Somerton died in April of 2014.

However, in court in late May, Croney pleaded guilty to failing to stop at the scene of an accident and not offering assistance to an injured person.

Police say Croney was backing the couple’s truck out of the driveway after they had an argument, when Somerton opened the driver’s door.

They add he fell as he ran alongside the vehicle and was run over.
Croney left the scene and Somerton was found unresponsive.
He died in Halifax hospital on April 5^th of 2014.

Dave Desveaux

Dave Desveaux, a native of New Waterford leverages his experience and passion for research in The Coast 89.7 Newsroom where as the Weekday Newscaster. His foray into radio began with a research position at The Coast, which led to the production of a radio documentary on the music of the Mi’kmaq people. The program, entitled “First Nations, First Music” was co-produced with fellow Coast personality Ron Neville and released in early 2011. A graduate of Breton Education Centre, Dave went on to get a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Cape Breton University, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Dalhousie, and in various short-term customer service and research positions.

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