Court Report

Thefts, breaches result in CSO

A New Minas man has received a conditional sentence order (CSO) for two thefts and two probation breaches.

In Kentville provincial court Monday, Jan. 14 Judge Alan Tufts imposed a two-month CSO on Darryl Edward Moore, also known as Smith, 23, for the offenses. The sentence is in the form of a curfew with the usual restrictions. The sentence is to be followed by 12 months of reporting probation.

Conditions of the probation include Moore taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment, and refraining from possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs.

Moore pleaded guilty Nov. 20 to committing a theft and committing a breach, and the court found him guilty of a further theft and breach.

Moore committed the first theft and breach at a Kentville grocery store Feb. 8, and the second at a New Minas department store March 7.

Fined for breathalyzer, MVA offenses

Wolfville resident Justin Robin Wood, 25, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to driving while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit, and to driving while his license was suspended, a Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) offense.

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

Judge Tufts fined Wood $500 for the MVA offense.

Wood committed the offenses in Kentville Nov. 23 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 180 and 160 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

The legal limit is 80 mg/100 ml.

Breathalyzer readings result in fine

Canning resident Scott Leon Sheffield, 21, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to driving while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the 80 mg/100 ml limit.

Judge Tufts fined Sheffield $750 plus a $112.50 victim surcharge, or 14 days in custody on willful default, and prohibited him from driving in Canada for a year.

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

Sheffield committed the offense in Wolfville Dec. 1 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 170 and 150 mg/100 ml.

Readings net fine

Kentville resident Gregory Reginald Anthony Martin, 53, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to driving while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the 80 mg/100 ml limit.

Judge Tufts fined Martin $750 plus a $112.50 victim surcharge, or 14 days in custody on willful default, and prohibited him from driving in Canada for a year. The Registry of Motor Vehicles will ban Martin from driving in the province for at least as long.

Martin committed the offense in Kentville Nov. 30 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 160 and 160 mg/100 ml.

Drove while privilege revoked

Halifax resident Reid John Westhaver, 22, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to driving while his privilege of obtaining a license was revoked, contrary to the MVA.

Judge Tufts fined Westhaver $1,000. Westhaver committed the offense in Kentville Oct. 12.

Convicted automatically

Judge Tufts convicted automatically Wolfville resident Matthew Churchill Rice, 26, Jan. 14 of driving an unregistered vehicle, contrary to the MVA.

Judge Tufts fined Rice $50 plus a $7.50 victim surcharge and $107 in costs.

Police laid the charge in Wolfville Dec. 2.

Suspect to return for election and plea

The 25-year-old Middleton woman charged in connection with the Nov. 9 death of a man in a motor vehicle accident in Welton’s Corner will return for election and plea Jan. 28.

The suspect appeared in court Jan. 14 and Judge Tufts ordered her to return Jan. 28.

From that incident, the woman faces charges of impaired driving causing death; impaired driving causing bodily harm; refusing to provide a breath sample for blood-alcohol analysis; dangerous driving causing death; dangerous driving causing bodily harm; failing to stop as soon as reasonable while pursued by police, thereby causing death; failing to stop as soon as reasonable while pursued by police, thereby causing bodily harm; and the MVA charges of driving without the required liability insurance and driving while her license was suspended.

From an Oct. 31 incident in Kingston, the suspect faces a breathalyzer charge; impaired driving; and the MVA charges of driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.

She has been in remand since Nov. 10.