Court Report

Breached probation

Wolfville resident Peter James DeYoung, 19, pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to failing to comply with a probation order.

Judge MacDonald fined DeYoung $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge.

DeYoung committed the breach in Wolfville Dec. 1.

CSO, probation for causing bodily harm

The court has imposed a conditional sentence order (CSO) and a term of probation on an Aylesford man for assault causing bodily harm.

In Kentville provincial court Feb. 6, Judge Claudine MacDonald imposed a 12-month CSO, followed by a one-year probation, on Zack Ray Hiscoe, 20, for the assault. She ordered Hiscoe to pay $500 in restitution during the CSO period and $419.40 during the probation for medical and related costs to the victim.

The CSO includes six months’ house arrest with the usual exceptions for work, education, emergencies, appointments and necessities.

Probation conditions include the restitution; Hiscoe taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment; refraining form having any direct contact with the victim or being near the victim’s home, and prohibitions of the accused possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs.

Hiscoe committed the assault in Greenwood April 22 and pleaded guilty to the charge Dec. 19.

CSO, probation, community service for assault

Judge Alan Tufts imposed a four-month CSO, followed by eight months’ probation, on Cold Lake, Alberta resident James Christopher Cooper, 22, Feb. 6 for assault causing bodily harm.

The CSO is in the form of a curfew, while the probation includes 75 hours’ community service or a $750 charitable donation to the West Kings Safe Grad program.

Probation conditions also include Cooper refraining form possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages or non-medially prescribed drugs.

Cooper committed the assault in Greenwood Oct. 14, 2006. The court found him guilty of the charge Oct. 12.



Jailed for undertaking breach

Kentville resident Allen Victor Burton, 53, pleaded guilty Feb. 6 to failing to comply with a court undertaking.

Judge MacDonald sentenced Burton to 20 days in custody for the breach.

Burton committed the breach in Kentville Feb. 5.

Fined for high blood-alcohol readings

Baxter’s Harbour resident Michael Scott Porter, 40, pleaded guilty Feb. 6 to having care and control of a vehicle while his blood/ alcohol readings exceeded the legal limit.

Judge MacDonald fined Porter $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge, or 18 days’ custody on willful default, and prohibited him from driving in Canada for a year.

The Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles will prohibit the accused from driving in the province for at least as long.

Porter committed the offense in Glenmont Dec. 7 when police found he had blood/ alcohol readings 210 and 190 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 mg/ 100 ml.

The Criminal Code of Canada provides for heavier penalties for those breathalyzer offenses involving readings in excess of 160 mg/ 100 ml.

Was accessory after the fact

Hall’s Harbour resident Luke Shane Taylor, 19, pleaded guilty Feb. 6 to being an accessory after the fact in the commission of an indictable offense.

Judge MacDonald scheduled Taylor to be sentenced April 2, pending a pre-sentence report.

The charge resulted from the robbery of a Port Williams business July 23.

The court dismissed a related charge.

Privilege revoked, no insurance

Judge Tufts found Kentville resident Robert Michael Cory Weir, 25, guilty Feb. 6 of driving while his privilege of obtaining a driver’s license was revoked, and driving without the necessary liability insurance, both contrary to the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act (MVA).

The judge fined Weir $250 for the license offense and $350 for the lack of insurance.

Weir committed the offenses in Kentville July 25.

Convicted automatically

Judge Tufts automatically convicted Dartmouth resident Brittany Jacklyn Osmond, 19, Feb. 6 of driving between 16 and 30 kilometres per hour in excess of the posted speed limit, contrary to the MVA.

The judge fined Osmond $150 plus a $22.50 victim surcharge and $107 costs, and suspended her driver’s license between Feb. 6 and 13.

Police laid the charge on Highway 101 near Avonport July 7. Osmond didn’t attend her Feb. 6 court appearance.

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Greenwood resident Cheryl Dawn Dokken, 27, received an automatic conviction from Judge Tufts Feb. 6 on a charge of not wearing an available seatbelt, contrary to the MVA.

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

Police laid the charge in Aylesford July 23. Dokken did not appear for her Feb. 6 court appearance.

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Judge Tufts automatically convicted Greenwood resident Jordan R. Hyrtle, 19, Feb. 6 of driving without a valid vehicle permit, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $50 plus a $7.50 victim surcharge and $107 costs.

Police laid the charge in Kingston July 4. Hyrtle didn’t appear at his Feb. 6 court date.

Conditional discharges

Judge Tufts granted Kentville resident Jessica Dawn Hudgins, 30, a conditional discharge Jan. 30 on a charge of defrauding a bank of less than $5,000.

The discharge is pending six months’ reporting probation and payment of $263.03 in restitution.

Hudgins committed the fraud in Kentville between July 12 and 20, 2005, and pleaded guilty to the charge Nov. 5, 2007.

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North Kentville resident Liam Nathan Hattie, 25, pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to failing to comply with a court undertaking.

Judge Tufts granted Hattie a conditional discharge pending four months’ reporting probation and a $100 charitable donation to the Red Door.

A probationary condition is Hattie have no association with anyone with a criminal, youth or drug record.

The charge resulted from an incident in Kentville July 22.

In other court matters

Judge MacDonald found Wolfville resident Luke S. Hawkesworth, 22, guilty Feb. 6 of failing to drive to the right of the roadway, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge and $107 costs.

Hawkesworth committed the offense on Highway 101 near Exit 14 July 20.

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Judge Tufts found Clark D. Cooper, 39, guilty Feb. 6 of driving a vehicle without a valid safety sticker, contrary to the MVA, and fined him $50 plus $7.50 victim surcharge or $100 costs.

Cooper committed the offense in Kentville July 6.