A party last fall that appears to have spun out of control, led to fines for three youths who threw more than a few punches.
The three young men, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, were all fined for assault and one of the men was sentenced to more financial penalties for another fight he engaged in on the same night.
The first assault took place about 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2010 when the three boys who pleaded guilty Monday teamed up with two more to attack another partygoer, hitting him repeatedly.
For that assault the boys received $500 fines and were also placed on peace bonds that will prevent them from having any further contact with their victim for the next year.
In the second assault, which happened just a few minutes later, one of the boys punched another victim in the head, causing him to immediately collapse to the ground.
The boy had cuts inside his mouth from the blow that required several stitches. This attack came just moments after the first attack, but because of the physical damage inflicted the 17-year old boy pleaded guilty to the more serious charge of assault causing bodily harm.
He also pleaded guilty for breaching his bail conditions while waiting for the matter to be resolved. He was on a curfew during that time that began at 8 p.m. and police found him as a passenger in a vehicle stopped at 8:30 p.m.
For the assault causing bodily harm charge he was given a $1,000 fine and for breaching his bail conditions he was handed a $500 fine. He was also put on a peace bond with respect to his second victim.
A man’s drunken take-charge approach at a fast food restaurant netted him 21 days in jail along with six months of probation.
Marcel Jensen-Allard pleaded guilty to a single count of causing a disturbance and one of breaching his probation and was handed the jail time he had already served along with the probation, where the court expressed hope he would deal with an obvious alcohol problem.
Police were called about Jensen-Allard on Feb. 14 about 2:30 a.m. after he jumped the counter at a local McDonald’s and tried to serve his own drink.
He was clearly intoxicated and was on a probationary term at the time to not consume alcohol. Jensen-Allard has a string of similar crimes on his record and was scheduled to go to an alcohol treatment centre the next day to get a handle on his problem.
While he initially advocated for a longer jail term, Crown prosecutor John Donahoe changed his position after hearing more about Jensen-Allard from defence lawyer Brad Leebody.
He joined Leebody in suggesting the probationary term with a requirement that he take residential counselling, which Judge Bruce Garriock suggested.
After smashing the front door of a local bar a man will have to stay away from it and all other bars for the next three months.
Ken Robert Hazelden pleaded guilty to a single count of mischief for the alcohol-fueled incident at Friday’s bar. Police were called on Nov. 1, after Hazelden has smashed the glass in an interior door with a bat or sledgehammer.
Hazelden was sentenced to three months probation for the incident, and will have to abstain completely from alcohol and not enter Friday’s bar.
If he abides by both of those conditions he will have no criminal record.
