After getting caught with two bottles of stolen liquor stuffed down the front of his pants, one man has admitted to having a drinking problem.
Sean Mark McDade pleaded guilty to theft under $5,000 in St. Albert court Monday, appearing via closed-circuit television from the Edmonton Remand Centre.
Court heard on June 18 around 3:30 p.m. McDade shoplifted two bottles of liquor worth a total of $96 from one of the Liquor Barns in St. Albert.
McDade made small talk with the clerk before heading to the back of the store where he stuffed two bottles down the front of his pants. He then went back to the front of the store to pay for a bottle of whipped cream vodka. McDade told the clerk he forgot his wallet in his car and subsequently left the store.
The clerk called St. Albert RCMP and McDade was later apprehended.
Earlier this month the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to property mischief, possession of illegal substances, obstructing and resisting a peace officer and breach of probation, for which he was fined a total of $1,955.
Duty counsel Brad Leebody told the court McDade was coming to terms with his alcohol addiction and is in the process of getting treatment.
Judge Charles Gardner handed McDade a $500 fine with a $75 victim fine surcharge. McDade will also be held on one-year probation with conditions to seek substance abuse counselling and abstain from the consumption and possession of alcohol. He is also banned from going to liquor stores and bars.
After losing his temper and ransacking his ex-partner’s apartment, one St. Albert man told the court that it won’t happen again.
Robert Michele Crowley pleaded guilty to property mischief in court on Monday.
In March 2012, Crowley got into a verbal argument with his former partner and took out his anger on the walls of her apartment. Reported damage included smashed glass, holes made in the drywall, overturned furniture and damage to her cellphone.
Crowley apologized to the court and said he had already paid back $400 in the damages he caused.
He was sentenced to pay an additional fine of $400 plus a $60 victim fine surcharge.
A St. Albert court judge told a man that if he receives a similar conviction again, he’ll be facing jail time.
Cory David Adams pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level exceeding the legal limit on Monday.
On June 18, 2011 an RCMP cruiser was travelling northbound on St. Albert Trail when a vehicle travelling in front failed to stop at a stop sign. Officers pulled the vehicle over and noticed the driver – later identified as Adams – was showing signs of impairment.
Adams provided two breath samples reading 100 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood; the legal limit is 80.
Provincial Crown prosecutor John Donahoe told the court Adams had two prior impaired driving related convictions, one in 1996 and the other in 2000. From those charges, Adams received a total of $2,100 in fines and was banned from driving for 16 months.
The 36-year-old St. Albert man told the court he has stopped drinking since the incident and is attending AADAC meetings.
“You will certainly go to jail if you have a conviction like this again,” warned Gardner.
Adams was handed a $1,000 fine with a $150 victim fine surcharge, one-year driving prohibition with the option to participate in the interlock program after three months, and one-year probation with a condition to abstain from consuming and possessing alcohol.
