Hants County Court report

Care and control with high readings

The court has fined a Windsor man for having high blood-alcohol readings while in care and control of a motor vehicle.

Dan Willy Krauch, 48, pleaded guilty to the charge in Windsor provincial court Tuesday, April 15. Judge Alan Tufts fined Krauch $900 plus a $135 victim surcharge, or 17 days in custody on willful default, and prohibited him from driving in Canada for a year.

The Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles will ban Krauch from driving in the province for at least a year.

Krauch committed the offense in South Rawdon Jan. 18 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 190 and 200 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

The legal limit is 80 mg/100 ml and the Criminal Code of Canada allows for heavier penalties for those breathalyzer cases in which readings exceed 160 mg/100 ml.

Fined for breathalyzer

Windsor resident Matthew McKinley, 24, pleaded guilty April 15 to driving while his blood-alcohol readings exceeded the 80-mg/100 ml limit.

Judge Tufts fined McKinley $700 or 11 days in custody on willful default and prohibited him from driving in Canada for a year. The Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match that ban.

McKinley committed the offense in Mantua March 15 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 150 and 150 mg/100 ml.

Probation for assault, breach

Judge Claudine MacDonald suspended sentencing Friday, April 11 on Windsor resident Christopher Cody Corbett, 22, on convictions of assault and failing to comply with an undertaking, and imposed a term of one-year reporting probation on him.

Probationary conditions include, among others, that Corbett have no contact with specific persons and stay away from their residences, and that he refrain from possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Corbett committed the assault in Ellershouse Aug. 31/Sept. 1, 2007, and the breach Sept. 9. He pleaded guilty to the charges April 11.

Probation for mischief

Judge Tufts suspended sentencing on Brooklyn resident Richard Scott Sterling, 22, Monday, April 14 on a mischief conviction and imposed a term of 12 months’ reporting probation on him.

Probationary conditions include, among others, that Sterling take any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment, and refrain from possessing or consuming any alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs.

Sterling committed the mischief in Brooklyn Nov. 2, 2007 when he damaged a dwelling by opening propane lines and set fire to some clothes. He pleaded guilty to the charge Feb. 19.

Stole generator

Dartmouth resident Kenneth Andrew Dean, 28, pleaded guilty April 14 to theft from a Windsor business.

Judge Tufts fined Dean $500 plus a $75 victim surcharge, or nine days in custody on willful default.

Dean committed the theft June 21, 2007 when he stole a generator from a hardware store.

Failed to attend court, MVA offense

Halifax resident Eric Daniel Murphy, 29, pleaded guilty April 15 to failing to attend court as ordered and to the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) offence of driving while his license was suspended.

Judge Tufts fined Murphy $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge, or one day in custody on willful default, for the failure to attend court, and $50 plus a $7.50 victim surcharge and $100 in costs for the MVA offense.

Murphy committed the MVA offense in Windsor Feb. 14, 2002 and the failure to attend in Windsor Dec. 10, 2002.

Livestock roamed at large

Judge Tufts found Newport Station resident Deborah. A. Harvey, 51, guilty April 15 to allowing livestock to roam at large, contrary to the West Hants Bylaw, and fined her $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge and $100 in costs. Harvey committed the offense in Newport Station Sept. 23, 2007.

Received conditional discharge

The court has handed Jonathan James Bly, 19, Garland’s Crossing, a conditional discharge with probation and a restitution order on a charge of committing mischief by willfully damaging property of a value exceeding $5,000.

Bly entered a guilty plea to the charge Jan. 18, 2008. The matter was adjourned to April 4, 2008 to allow time for a pre-sentence report to be prepared and for sentencing.

In Windsor provincial court Friday, April 4, Judge Alan Tufts handed Bly a conditional discharge with three years of probation, with the condition of making restitution to the benefit of Avon View High School in the amount of $2,000 by April 4, 2011.

If the restitution is paid earlier, Bly may apply after a period of one year to terminate the probation order. The probation order includes several conditions that were for a period of only one year.

Bly committed the offence in Windsor Nov. 6, 2007 when he willfully damaged the windows of Avon View High School, the value of which exceeded $5,000.

Judge grants conditional discharge

Judge MacDonald granted a conditional discharge April 8 to Garland’s Crossing resident Fatem Ibrahim, 50, on a charge of mischief.

The discharge is pending six months’ reporting probation, conditions of which include Ibrahim taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment, and paying $343 in restitution.

The charge stemmed from a July 5 incident in Garland’s Crossing in which a Jeep windshield was damaged. The court found Ibrahim guilty of the charge April 8.

Convicted automatically

Judge MacDonald convicted automatically Dartmouth resident Michael James Wilson, 37, April 8 on a charge of driving without the required liability insurance, contrary to the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act (MVA), and fined him $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge and $100 in costs.

Police laid the charge in Windsor March 5. --

Judge MacDonald convicted automatically Peterborough, Ontario, resident

Shayne M. Fryia, 26, April 8 of driving between one and 15 kilometres per hour in excess of the posted speed limit, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Fryia had pleaded not guilty to the charge Dec. 4 and was scheduled for trial April 8.

Police laid the charge in Windsor Oct. 7, 2007. --

Judge Tufts convicted automatically Ardoise resident Raymond Thomas Coady, 19, April 15 on a charge of entering property when prohibited by notice, contrary to the Protection of Property Act, and fined him $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Police laid the charge in Windsor Sept. 13, 2007. Coady pleaded not guilty to the charge Dec. 4, but didn’t appear for the April 11 trial.