Known as a Kelowna ‘career criminal’ Daniel Mader will now spend another three years behind bars after being sentenced for firearms offences.
Mader was arrested a year ago after a police raid on a Hein Road home uncovered a semi-automatic handgun. At the time he was on probation and banned from possessing a firearms.
Shannah Mccray, Mader’s girlfriend, was also in the home at the time of the raid and charged with firearms related offences.
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The 34-year-old Mader was convicted of helping to kill Jody Elliot in 2010. After being released from prison in 2013, Mader stole a truck, led police on a chase and smashed into an officer’s vehicle.
The chase began after police spotted the stolen truck at a home they were surveilling on Hein Road.
A lifetime ban on firearms has also been placed on Mader.
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