Court cancels CSO

A Wolfville man is off to jail for breaching his conditional sentence order (CSO).

Zachary Dean McEwen, 30, admitted in Kentville provincial court Monday, May 12 that he had breached his CSO in March and April by failing to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. The breaches had resulted in break and entry charges against the accused.

Judge Claudine MacDonald ordered that McEwen serve the remainder of the CSO -- 63 days -- in jail.

The original CSO was imposed June 20, 2007 for a year. It was for assaulting a police officer, assault causing bodily harm, two assaults, two counts of property damage and possession of cannabis marijuana, a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

CSO for threat, damage breaches

Aylesford resident Arnold Floyd Weihers, 33, pleaded guilty Thursday, May 8 to two counts of failing to comply with court undertakings and to failing a recognizance order.

He had already pleaded guilty April 10 to uttering a threat to do bodily harm and to damaging property.

Judge Alan Tufts imposed a two-month conditional sentence order on Weihers for each of the offenses, to be followed by 10 months of reporting probation. The CSO is to be in the form of house arrest.

Probationary conditions include Weihers not possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages or non-medically prescribed drugs; having no contact or communication with specific individuals; taking any recommended assessment, counselling or treatment; and not possessing firearms.

Weihers committed the threat and property damage in Aylesford Feb. 29; the undertaking breaches in Aylesford April 18 and April 20; and the recognizance breach in Morristown May 3.

CSO for break-in

In court May 8, Judge Tufts imposed a six-month conditional sentence order on Berwick resident Daniel Wayne Surette, 20, for break and entry into a garage and committing an indictable offense therein. The CSO is to be in the form of a curfew and to be consecutive to any being served.

Judge Tufts also ordered Surette to pay $314.32 in restitution for tools taken during the offense.

Surette committed the break-in in Waterville Dec. 7 and 8, 2007, and pleaded guilty to the charge March 25.

Fined for refusal

Kentville resident Darrell Murray Macleod, 46, pleaded guilty May 12 to refusing to provide a suitable breath sample for blood-alcohol analysis.

Judge MacDonald fined Macleod $1,000 plus a $150 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 Macleod from driving in the province for at least as long.

Macleod committed the refusal in Port Williams March 29.

Had care and control

Coldbrook resident Ashley Dawn Allen, 23, pleaded guilty May 12 to having care and control of a vehicle while her blood–alcohol level exceeded the legal limit.

Judge MacDonald fined Allen $850 plus a $127.50 victim surcharge, or 15 days in custody on willful default. She also prohibited Allen from driving in Canada for a year, a period the Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match.

Allen committed the offense in Kentville April 13 when police found she had blood-alcohol readings of 130 and 120 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

The legal limit is 80 mg/100 ml.

Fined for breathalyzer, MVA offenses

Middleton resident Leslie Ann McLure, 25, pleaded guilty May 8 to having care and control of vehicle while her blood-alcohol level was over the 80-mg/100-ml limit, and to the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act offense of driving while her license was suspended and driving without the required liability insurance.

For the breathalyzer offense, Judge Tufts fined McLure $700 plus a $105 victim surcharge, or 12 days in custody on willful default, and prohibited her from driving in Canada for a year. The Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match that ban.

Tufts fined McLure $1,000 for driving without insurance and $500 for driving while her license was suspended.

McLure committed the offenses in Kingston Oct. 31 when police found she had blood-alcohol readings of 140 and 130 mg/100 ml.

Fines for theft and breaches

On May 8, Judge Tufts fined Hortonville resident John Douglas Crowell, 23, $250 plus a $37.50 victim surcharge, or four days in custody on willful default, each for theft from a department store and failing to comply with probation conditions. He also fined Crowell $25 plus a $3.75 victim surcharge, or two days, for failing to comply with a recognizance order.

Crowell committed the probationary breach in Kentville between July 4 and Aug. 20, 2007; the theft in New Minas Jan. 9, 2008; and the recognizance breach in Kentville Jan. 19. He pleaded guilty to the charges April 7.

Wasn’t careful or prudent

Wolfville resident Ryan William Kothlow, 22, pleaded guilty May 8 to failing to drive in a careful and prudent manner, contrary to the MVA.

Judge Tufts fined Kothlow $250 plus a $37.50 victim surcharge plus $107 in costs and suspended his license between May 12 and 26, 2008.

Kothlow committed the offense in Wolfville March 31.

In other court matters

Wolfville resident Andrew Joshua Bray, 19, pleaded guilty May 12 to illegal possession of liquor, contrary to the Nova Scotia liquor Control Act, and requested a remission of penalty.

Denying the remission request, Judge MacDonald fined Bray $300 plus a $45 victim surcharge and $107in costs.

Bray committed the offense in Wolfville March 29.

Convicted automatically

Judge MacDonald convicted automatically Moncton, New Brunswick resident Robert Hugo Allain, 28, of failing to obey a traffic sign, contrary to the Government Property Traffic Regulations (GPTR), and fined him $50.

Police laid the charge at 14 Wing Greenwood April 1.