Costume doesn鈥檛 help man evade police
A costumed man tried to give RCMP the slip last November when they attempted to pull him over for erratic driving.
Bradley Lewis, who was in a costume, didn鈥檛 pull over when RCMP flashed their lights, and when he did get out of his car, he walked towards his house where a Halloween party was underway. When the cops caught up to him, he refused a breathalyzer test.
In court Sept. 12 Judge D. C. Norheim slapped Lewis with a $1,500 fine and barred him from driving for one year.
Multiple-offender ordered out of Jasper
Surveillance cameras captured Pier-Yves Wagner stealing a bottle of alcohol from Jasper Park Liquor Store, Aug. 24.
Wagner, who was put on probation last month, had told the judge during his last court appearance that he would leave Jasper.
When Wagner pleaded guilty to theft and breach of probation, Sept. 12, Judge D. C. Norheim sentenced him to 60 days in jail and one year鈥檚 probation upon his release. Norheim also ordered Wagner to leave Alberta 24 hours after he got out of prison, and to serve his parole in Quebec.
Wagner, who appeared via CCTV, spoke forcefully in French and gestured with his hands, asking repeatedly if he would be allowed time to pick up his things.
Norheim told him he wasn鈥檛 making any more special considerations for him.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 follow through with what you鈥檙e supposed to do,鈥� he told Wagner.
鈥榃ild drunk鈥� speeder gets jail time
Christopher Gillespie pleaded guilty to two separate cases of drunk driving, Sept. 12.
Police pulled him over last May after he passed a car on a double line, travelling 110 km/hr in a 70 km/hr zone. His blood alcohol content tested at over 0.19 per cent, more than double the 0.08 per cent limit.
In October he was pulled over at a traffic stop in Edson, where his blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit.
In court Judge D.C. Norheim gave him a $1,000 fine for his first offence and 30 days in jail for the second. He also put Gillespie on probation for three years and forbade him from driving for one year.
鈥淵ou were wild drunk, travelling at almost double the speed limit,鈥� Norheim said to Gillespie over CCTV, explaining Gillespie鈥檚 sentence.
