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A Moncton area man yesterday entered a guilty plea to an assault causing bodily harm charge and could face a lengthy jail term when he's sentenced later next month.

Rino Mario Dancause, 39, appeared in provincial court before Judge J.L. Jacques Desjardins and was expected to continue trial regarding his alleged assault, but a guilty plea eliminated the need for a trial.

The incident took place Feb, 23, 2007 in the Riverview area.

The maximum sentence for assault causing bodily harm is 10 years in prison.

Dancause will be sentenced July 10.

Alberta man jailed for theft

A Calgary man was awarded a two-month jail term yesterday for a house sitting gone awry.

Mark Arthur Saulnier, of no fixed address in Alberta, appeared in Moncton provincial court yesterday as a transfer case and was sentenced by Judge Michael McKee for the unlawful theft of household goods not exceeding $5,000 in value.

The crown prosecutor described how between the dates of Oct. 26, 1998 and April 26, 1999, Saulnier was entrusted to watch over the house of an acquaintance in Alberta. It was later discovered a number of the items had gone missing -- including the VCR, dining china and silverware.

Saulnier, 46, accepted responsibility for the incident but claimed it wasn't him who made the thefts. He said he was involved with a cement company and contracted six workers from Nova Scotia who he claimed stayed in the house and were probably responsible for the thefts.

Judge McKee said he didn't buy the story and, regardless, it was a breach of trust by Saulnier and his responsibility for the stolen goods.

"I guess the morale of the story is don't trust those Nova Scotians," McKee joked before issuing the sentence.

Saulnier had prior convictions for a break-and-enter and was currently serving a two year sentence in a federal penitentiary.

Human remains found in Astle

District 6 RCMP are reporting the discovery of what are believed to be human remains, which were found in the woods near the community of Astle Wednesday.

The remains will be taken to University of New Brunswick anthropologist Moira McLaughlin for confirmation and further information will be available at that time.

Sgt. Greg Grant of the District 6 RCMP said no information has come back thus far from any of the reports and the remains were found by a member of the public during a walk in the woods.

"'Tis the season, when people start getting out into the woods," Grant said. "We have some ideas of course, but nothing we can release until we get information back from the anthropologist."

The investigation is ongoing.