A 32-year-old Sweetgrass First Nation man charged with the second-degree murder of a North Battleford man had his Aug. 13 bail hearing adjourned.
Michael Jordan White, who also goes by the alias of Michael Jordan Frank, was arrested by Alberta RCMP July 8 on a Canada-wide warrant that was issued in May.
The North Battleford Gang Task Force, the North Battleford Crime Reduction Team and Battlefords RCMP worked together to locate Frank. Police suspected he was in North Battleford, Lloydminster, Saskatoon or the Edmonton area. Strathcona RCMP - which is a part of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region – located White and arrested him without incident. He was then transported back to Saskatchewan.
White is charged in connection to the murder of Todd Levi Stone, 38, in North Battleford earlier this year. According to police, EMS found Stone inside a home on the 800 block of 110 Street with significant head trauma. Stone was taken to a Saskatoon hospital and died May 13.
White’s Aug. 13 show cause hearing on the charges of failing to appear in court was adjourned to Sept. 10 in North Battleford Provincial Court. If White has a bail hearing on the second-degree murder charge that would have to go to Battlefords Court of Queen’s Bench.
-With files from John Cairns
