Sagmoen found guilty in incident involving sex worker near Salmon Arm, B.C.

Sagmoen found guilty in incident involving sex worker near Salmon Arm, B.C.
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VERNON, B.C. — A man accused of several offences involving a sex worker has been found guilty of three charges by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Vernon.

Curtis Sagmoen was found guilty of disguising his face with intent to commit an offence and using a firearm while committing an indictable offence.

The charges were connected to an incident in August 2017 on a rural property southwest of Salmon Arm.

Sagmoen was also convicted of possession of a controlled substance, which his lawyer says was a methamphetamine.

The 38-year-old was found not guilty of intentionally discharging a firearm and uttering threats.

Sagmoen pleaded not guilty to all charges in September at the start of the trial by judge alone.

A search of his family’s Shuswap-area farm in 2017 uncovered the remains of 18-year-old Traci Genereaux and police said her death was suspicious but they have not released a cause of death.

No charges have been laid in the Genereaux case and police have not named a suspect. (CJIB)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2019

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