Court Report

Jailed for assault, breach

The court has jailed a Wolfville Ridge man for assault and a probation breach.

Peter Brian Gates Reid, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges in Kentville provincial court Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Judge Alan Tufts sentenced Reid to one month in custody for each of the offenses, to be served concurrently and to be followed by one-year of probation.

Probation conditions include Reid having no communications with the assault victim.

Reid committed the assault and breach in Wolfville Ridge March 5.

Custody for recognizance breach

A Kentville man has received a term of custody for a recognizance breach.

Richard Vernon Saltzman, 62, pleaded guilty Monday, Sept. 22 to failing to comply with a recognizance order and two Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) charges of driving while his privilege of obtaining a license was revoked.

Judge Tufts sentenced Saltzman to 60 days in custody for the recognizance breach and fined him $500 for the first MVA offense and $1,000 for the second.

Saltzman committed the first MVA offense in Middleton, Annapolis County, May 1, 2007 and the breach and second MVA offense in Kentville Sept. 18, 2008.

Probation for assault

Kentville resident David Michael Corbin, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to assault.

Judge Tufts suspended sentencing on Corbin for the assault and imposed a term of nine months’ reporting probation.

Probation conditions include that Corbin take any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment. Corbin committed the assault in Kentville April 4.

High blood-alcohol readings

Kingston resident Terry Lee Black, 46, pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood alcohol readings exceeded the legal limit.

Judge Tufts fined Black $1,200 plus a $180 victim surcharge, or 21 days in custody on willful default, and imposed a nine-month term of reporting probation on him.

Probation terms include Black taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment, and refraining from possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs.

The judge also prohibited Black from driving in Canada for a year, a ban the Nova Scotia Registry of Motor vehicles will at least match.

Black committed the offense in Greenwood July 6 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 300 and 290 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 mg/100 ml and the Criminal Code of Canada provides for heavier penalties in those breathalyzer cases in which readings exceed 160 mg/100 ml, or for other aggravating factors.

Had unstamped smokes

South Berwick resident Gerald C. Wolsey, 57, pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to possession of unstamped tobacco products, cigarettes, contrary to the Excise Act. Judge Tufts fined Wolsey $2,331 or 36 days in custody on willful default.

Wolsey committed the offense in South Berwick Aug. 7.

Privilege revoked

New Ross resident Wade Elias Hall, 38, pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to driving while his privilege of obtaining a driver’s license was revoked, contrary to the MVA.

Judge Tufts fined Hall $500. Hall committed the offense in Kentville Feb. 23.

Convicted automatically

Judge Tufts convicted automatically Kentville resident Michael Anthony MacAdams, 32, Sept. 22 of driving while his privilege of obtaining a license was revoked, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Police laid the charge in Kentville July 24. --

The same date, Judge Tufts convicted automatically Greenwood resident Cullen Joseph MacDonald, 28, of driving while his privilege of obtaining a license was revoked, contrary to the Act, and fined him $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Police laid the charge against MacDonald in Greenwood July 1. --

Sept. 22, Judge Tufts convicted automatically Halifax resident Arthur Mortley, 38, of driving while his license was suspended, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Police laid the charge against Mortley in New Minas July 20.

Fisheries offense

Wolfville area resident Charles Morton Messom, 60, pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to possession of fish cut in a manner that size or species could not be determined, contrary to the Fisheries Act.

Judge Tufts fined Messom $200 or three days in custody on willful default, and forfeited the fish and fishing equipment.

Messom committed the offense in Hortonville July 26.

Granted conditional discharge

Judge Tufts granted Kentville resident Skyler Leo Jay Walker, 20, a conditional discharge Sept. 22 on a charge of theft.

The discharge is pending two months of probation and the charitable donation of $50 to the Red Door.

The charge stemmed from an incident at a Kentville convenience store July 26.

Granted curative discharge

Judge Tufts granted a curative discharge to New Minas resident Beverly Ronald Guptill, 55, for a charge of having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol readings exceeded the legal limit.

The discharge is pending two years of taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment, and refraining from possessing or consuming any alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs.

The judge also prohibited Guptill from driving in Canada for three years, a ban the Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match.

Guptill committed the offense in New Minas Sept. 29, 2007 when police found he had a blood-alcohol reading of 228 mg. He pleaded guilty to the charge May 14.