Accused drug dealer Matthew Scott Tribble remains behind bars, despite getting credit for the month he has already served for failing to comply with release conditions.
Tribble, 24, appeared in St. Albert Provincial Court Monday via closed-circuit television from Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to comply with release conditions — one for consuming alcohol and the other for not abiding by his curfew.
Crown prosecutor John Donahoe told the court that on Sept. 16, RCMP attended the The Beer Hunter bar in St. Albert at 12:30 a.m., where they located an intoxicated Tribble.
He was arrested by police after they discovered he was on probation with the conditions to abstain from alcohol and be in his residence from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Judge Bruce Garriock sentenced Tribble to 15 days in jail for each guilty plea. He was given credit for his 30 days in pre-trial custody, but will remain behind bars on drug-related charges.
“He has learned a valuable lesson — an order is not to be breached,” defence lawyer Farrel Shadlyn said, adding Tribble has occasionally been forced to sleep on the floor of his cell due to overcrowding at the prison.
“Being in here was taught me a lesson,” Tribble said. “I would just like to start over again and not commit any more crimes like this.”
Donahoe withdrew three remaining charges of failing to comply with release conditions.
Darcy Todd Krysko, 50, was handed a $1,500 fine and one year driving prohibition for driving with a blood-alcohol concentration more than four times the legal limit.
Donahoe told the court that St. Albert RCMP responded to a 911 call about a possible drunk driver on Cunningham Road at 1 p.m. on July 24.
When police responded, they observed Krysko cross two lanes while turning and saw him driving over the median. When they approached the vehicle, Donahoe said RCMP observed signs of impairment, as well as a partially full bottle of vodka in the vehicle.
A roadside breathalyser showed a reading of 0.340.
“Boy, that’s a high reading,” Donahoe said.
Krysko did not have a criminal record and a representative with Student Legal Services told the court that a few weeks prior to the incident, he lost his father.
“He deeply regrets his actions,” he said, adding Krysko lost his job as a result of losing his license.
A Maritime man was handed a one year suspended sentence after admitting to making repeated harassing phone calls to an ex-partner.
Grant Donald Boivin, 31, appeared via closed-circuit television from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, where he pleaded guilty to uttering threats and making harassing phone calls.
Donahoe said RCMP were called to a St. Albert residence on April 26 after a female reported receiving continuous phone calls to her cellphone from Boivin.
He called the complainant 84 times in roughly four hours, most of which went unanswered.
He served two weeks in pre-trial custody and will spend the next year on probation, with the conditions to take counselling as directed by a probation officer, have no contact with complainant and to not attend the residence.
“Sorry,” he told the court when given the chance to speak.
Boivin moved to St. Albert roughly two years ago from Halifax in order to obtain work, his lawyer Laurie Wood said.
