Windsor Court Report

Elevated blood-alcohol level

The court has fined a Windsor man for having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

Joshua Ray Harvey, 25, pleaded guilty to the offense in Windsor provincial court Tuesday, July 17.

Judge Alan Tufts fined Harvey $800 plus a $120 victim surcharge, or 15 days in custody on willful default. He also prohibited Harvey from driving in Canada for a year, a ban the Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match in the province.

Harvey committed the offense in Upper Tantallon May 26 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 180 and 190 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

The legal limit under the Criminal Code is 80 mg/100 ml, but there are provisions for heavier penalties for those breathalyzer offenses involving readings in excess of 160 mg/100 ml.

Fined for breathalyzer

Falmouth resident Alexander William Korbutiak, 24, pleaded guilty July 17 to having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the 80 mg/100 ml legal limit.

Judge Tufts fined Korbutiak $750 plus a $112.50 victim surcharge, or 14 days in custody on willful default. The judge also imposed a one-year, Canada-wide driving ban on Korbutiak, a term the Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match for the accused in the province.

Korbutiak committed the offense in Windsor June 10 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 170 and 160 mg/100 ml.

Three counts of fraud

Kentville resident Patricia Anne Purchase, 41, pleaded guilty July 17 to committing fraud by means of non-sufficient funds cheques. Judge Tufts fined Purchase $20 for each of the convictions.

Purchase committed the first fraud Sept. 20, 2006 with a $560 NSF cheque at a Brooklyn business; the second, Oct. 9-10, 2006, with a $650 NSF cheque at a Scotch Village business; and the third, the same date and place with a $750 NSF cheque.

License privilege revoked

Windsor resident Darren Phillip Leopold, 23, pleaded guilty July 17 to driving while his privilege of obtaining a driver’s license was revoked, contrary to the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act. Judge Tufts fined him $500.

Leopold committed the offense in Windsor June 2.

In other court matters

Martock resident Greg Dean Hopper, 43, pleaded guilty July 17 to being intoxicated in a public place, contrary to the Nova Scotia Liquor Control Act. Judge Tufts fined Hopper $25.

Hopper committed the violation in Martock June 7.