A man left behind during a residential break in will spend six months in jail.
Edgar Kleve Wells pleaded guilty to one count of being unlawfully in a dwelling house and one count of possession of stolen property and was handed a 10-month jail term, but with two-for-one credit applied to his time served he will serve another six months.
A homeowner in rural St. Albert called 911 in the early morning hours of March 12, 2008 when he heard noise coming from downstairs.
The man went downstairs and encountered a man standing in his living room with a crowbar. The homeowners confronted the man who said he was there to pick up some money.
The still unidentified man then left the house and a moment later the homeowner heard a toilet flush and Wells came out of the bathroom.
Wells asked the homeowner where the other man had gone and the homeowner told him he left. Wells then walked out of the home and walked down the driveway.
Police were coming up the driveway as he was leaving and Wells actually waved the officers down before they took him into custody.
While arresting him, officers found a small flash drive that had been reported stolen. He told officers he had gone to the house to buy drugs and did not know they were breaking into it.
The 10-month jail term came as a joint submission from both sides, with Crown prosecutor Jeff Morrison noting Wells had a lengthy record of similar offences but that this was not an elaborate crime and Wells’ role was minimal.
A 26-year-old man facing his second conviction for impaired driving was sentenced to 90 days in jail and an 18-month driving suspension.
Christopher White pleaded guilty to impaired driving and driving while suspended.
Police were called to the Akinsdale 7-Eleven on Sept. 23 last year on an unrelated call and noticed White driving. They attempted to pull him over and after a brief pursuit he did stop. He admitted to officers that he had four-and-a-half beers.
After failing the roadside test, White was taken back to the detachment where he gave breath samples registering a reading of 0.17, more than twice the legal limit.
White had been convicted once before in 2008, which makes jail time mandatory.
Judge Norman Mackie sentenced him to the 90 days, but will allow him to serve it on weekends. He will be on probation until he completes his sentence.
Mackie also fined White $500 for driving while his license was suspended and prohibited him from driving for 18 months.
A man who stole pants from a local store and then fought off the attempts of store security to arrest him was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Shane Lawrence McLean pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of resisting arrest on Monday.
McLean received one-for-one credit for 18 days already spent in custody. He was one of the first offenders to be dealt with since the law changed disallowing two-for-one credit.
RCMP officers got the call on Feb. 19 from other store employees who witnessed the struggle between the store security officer and McLean.
McLean reportedly told the officer that he had two syringes in his pocket. He had walked out of the store with the pants, worth $98.
A man who walked out of the St. Albert WalMart with a large flat screen TV was hit with a heavy fine the judge hoped would discourage him and others from doing it again.
Kayne Elijah Soanes, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of theft and received a $1,000 fine.
Soanes walked into the store on June 4, 2009 and picked up the 32-inch TV before calmly walking out the front door. He wasn’t stopped at the time, but police were able to recognize him from the store surveillance system.
When they caught up with him later the TV was gone. Soanes told the court he had used it to buy drugs.
His lawyer told the court he had little recollection of the incident.
