Court Report

Jailed for failing to pay restitution

The court has jailed a Kings County woman for failing to pay more than $800 in restitution to businesses.

Bonita Patricia Lawlor, 48, who is currently located in Dartmouth, pleaded guilty in Kentville provincial court Monday, Sept. 17 to failing to comply with a probation order to pay $837.57 in restitution.

Judge Claudine MacDonald sentenced Lawlor to 15 days in custody, to be consecutive with any other sentence being served. She also imposed a stand-alone order to pay the restitution: $185.06 to a feed store, $281.47 to a store; $182.09 to a business; $145.80 to a co-op; and $42,15 to a veterinarian.

Lawlor committed the breach in Kentville between Oct. 18, 2005 and April 18, 2007.

More than twice the limit

Centreville resident Terrance Raymond Vaughan, 49, pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to driving while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit.

Judge Claudine MacDonald fined Vaughan $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 Vaughan from driving in the province for at least a year.

Vaughan committed the offense in Kentville Aug. 19 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 180 and 180 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 in those breathalyzer cases in which readings exceed 160 mg/100 ml.

Interlocking device after three months

Aylesford resident Hilton Lloyd Lutz, 48, pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the 80 mg/100 ml limit.

Judge MacDonald fined Lutz $850 plus a $127.50 victim surcharge, or 16 days in custody on willful default. She also prohibited Lutz from driving in Canada for a year, but ordered that he may drive after three months with the use of a breathalyzer interlocking device fitted to his vehicle.

The Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match the driving ban.

Lutz committed the offense in Berwick July 28 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 180 and 160 mg/100 ml.

Fined for breathalyzer

Grand-Pre resident Leslie Roy Cox, 50, pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to having care and control of a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the 80 mg/100 ml limit.

Judge MacDonald fined Cox $1,000 plus a $150 victim surcharge, or 18 days in custody on willful default. She also prohibited Cox from driving in Canada for 18 months, a term the Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles will at least match.

Cox committed the offense in Grand-Pre Aug. 8 when police found he had blood-alcohol readings of 150 and 150 mg/100 ml.

Breached probation twice

Kentville resident Zachary William Weldon, 22, pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to two counts of failing to comply with probation orders.

Judge MacDonald fined Weldon $100 plus a $15 victim surcharge, or one day in custody on willful default, for each of the breaches, and imposed a term of one-year reporting probation on him.

A condition of the probation is that Weldon take any assessment, counselling or treatment recommended by Corrections officials.

Weldon committed the two breaches in Kentville between May 16 and June 25 when he failed to take counselling as ordered and failed to report to corrections officials.

Probation for assault

Lower Canard resident Grace Annette Raymond, 64, pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to committing common assault.

Judge MacDonald suspended sentencing on Raymond for the conviction and imposed a term of six months’ reporting probation on her.

Probationary conditions include that Raymond take any assessment, counselling or treatment recommended by Corrections officials and not initiate contact with the victim.

Raymond committed the assault in Lower Canard July 25.



Granted conditional discharge

Judge MacDonald granted a conditional discharge Sept. 17 to New Minas resident Kimberly Lorrayne Sheffield, 33, on a charge of common assault. The discharge is pending six months of reporting probation.

Probationary conditions include that Sheffield take any assessment, counselling or treatment recommended by Corrections officials.

The charge resulted from an incident in Kentville Aug. 7.

Couple pleads not guilty

A Black River couple pleaded not guilty Sept. 17 to drug and firearms-related charges.

The charges relate to the Aug. 24 police search of the couple’s Black River property. Marijuana plants and weapons were among the items seized during the operation.

The couple faces charges of unlawfully producing cannabis marijuana, a Schedule II drug under the CDSA; possession of cannabis marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; possession of property valued at more than $5,000 and known to have been obtained unlawfully; two counts of possession of loaded restricted firearms, automatic pistols, for which they had no authorization, license or registration; possession of two revolvers for which they had no license, registration or authorization; five counts of possession of rifles, including two FN C1 A1 rifles, for which they had no license, registration or authorization; and unlawful storage of firearms.

Judge MacDonald ordered the couple to return to court Sept. 24 to set a trail date.

The couple has been in remand since their arrest Aug. 24.