In The Courts
THE WHIG-STANDARD
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A partial compilation of offences from Kingston's Ontario
Court of Justice for the period of July 2 to July 5, 2013. Only
sentences that involved a large fine, probation or incarceration are
included.
Bernd Crausen, 44, was convicted of assaulting his common-law wife
during an argument over dinner plans. He was credited with five days
of pretrial custody, sentenced to time served and probation for 18
months. Justice Judith Beaman also ordered him to complete the
Partner Abuse Response Program and required that he co-operate with
any assessment, counselling or treatment his probation supervisor
directs. Assistant Crown attorney John Skoropada said Crausen was
charged in June, after Kingston Police responded to a report of a
domestic disturbance at his home. He told Justice Judith Beaman that
Crausen had been drinking when he got into a dispute with his
partner, which moved to their bedroom where he threw her on the bed.
Defence lawyer Sean Ellacott noted that a neighbour called police,
who arrived only after the argument was over. He also disclosed that
the dispute arose after his client had been hosting his in-laws for
two weeks in a relatively small house. He said Crausen admits he had
too much to drink and "was being a jerk."
Jeffery Godin, 34, was convicted on two counts of driving while
disqualified and violating probation he received in Ottawa in June
2012, which requires him to keep the peace. He was credited with 51
days of pretrial custody, sentenced to 39 days in jail and is
prohibited for two years from driving. Assistant Crown attorney John
Skoropada said Godin was ordered not to drive for three years
following a July 2012 conviction in Pembroke for dangerous operation
of a motor vehicle. However, in early April, this year, Kingston
Police conducting an unrelated investigation in the vicinity of
Hillview Road spotted him operating a car and charged him. Justice
Judith Beaman was told the officers recognized Godin and knew he was
a prohibited driver. He was caught again, a month later in mid-May,
the judge was told, when police officers involved in a different
investigation observed him driving east-bound on Conacher Drive at
1:45 a.m. The second time they also charged him with violating
probation.
Mark C. Haynes, 31, was convicted of illegal drug production and
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drug possession. He was given an 18- month conditional sentence to
serve in the community, subject to restrictions, and probation for
12 months.
Federal inmate Verette Jno-Baptiste, 28, was convicted of having
illegal possession of eight grams of marijuana while serving a
sentence at Collins Bay Penitentiary. He had 60 days added to the
seven years and three months he's currently serving for
manslaughter. Justice Judith Beaman was told the marijuana was found
by a drug sniffing dog in Jno-Baptiste's cell following a visit with
family at the end of November. Federal Crown prosecutor David Crowe
told the judge the prison's warden had previously authorized
intercepts of the inmate's phone calls after information was
received that he was involved in the institutional drug trade.
Jno-Baptiste told the judge the marijuana was not brought in by his
visitor, however. He said he obtained it inside the prison. Defence
lawyer Phil Casey said his client is scheduled for statutory release
in August 2016.
John R. Keller, 47, was convicted of having care and control of a
motor vehicle when his ability to drive was impaired by alcohol and
two probation violations. He was sentenced to 60 days of
intermittent jail on weekends-- beginning July 12--six months of
probation and is prohibited for two years from driving.
Greg G. Martin, 34, was convicted of possessing $69.99 running
shoes stolen from Marks Work Warehouse, possession of a half-gram of
crystal meth and violating the two-year probation he received in
June 2012, which forbids him possessing street drugs. He was
credited with 14 days of pretrial custody and sentenced to 56 days
in jail. Martin was arrested in late June, according to assistant
Crown attorney John Skoropada, after a Kingston Police patrol
noticed him peering into a car parked on Cowdy Street with its
windows down. They recognized him, Justice Judith Beaman was told,
and knew he didn't drive or own a car. When they stopped to talk to
him, Skoropada said Martin was exhibiting signs of meth intoxication
and the officers noticed he was wearing new running shoes, with the
price tag from Marks still attached. He claimed to have bought the
shoes from an acquaintance, the judge was told, and protested being
placed in the cruiser. He was later found to have a small amount of
crystal meth inside a black change purse. Martin told the judge he's
been to rehab and "I've really been trying to stay clean," but he
felt his arrest was harassment.
Douglas F. McIlroy, 60, was convicted of impaired driving. He was
fined $2,500 and is prohibited for 18 months from driving. McIlroy
was arrested in early June after police received reports of a blue
Chevrolet pickup swerving on Hwy. 15 at Washburn Road. Assistant
Crown attorney John Skoropada said he later refused to provide a
breath sample. Justice Judith Beaman was also told that McIlroy has
a previous drinking and driving conviction from 2003. Defence lawyer
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Catherine Purvis told the judge that McIlroy's partner, under normal
circumstances, would have picked him up and driven him home after
he'd been drinking. At the time of the offence, however, she'd just
undergone a triple bypass. Beaman, in handing down his fine,
observed "this is the second time you've been convicted for drinking
and driving. There'd better not be a third time."
Ronald D. Noble, 34, was convicted of theft and violating
probation. He was credited with 14 days of pretrial custody,
sentenced to a further 31 days in jail and probation for 18 months.
Federal inmate Nikolaos Saratsiotis, 43, pleaded guilty to charges
from Montreal of driving with more than the legal concentration of
alcohol in his system in early June 2012 and a related violation of
a peace bond imposed on him, also in Montreal, in June 2011, which
required him to keep the peace. He was fined a total of $1,600 and
is prohibited for one year from driving.
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Subject: Criminal sentences; Alcohol; Convictions; Athletic shoes; Prisons; Criminal
investigations; Attorneys; Prisoners; Manslaughter; Parole &probation; Marijuana
Location: Montreal Quebec Canada
Identifier / keyword: court; justice; offences; ontario; partial
Publication title: Kingston Whig - Standard; Kingston, Ont.
First page: 6
Publication year: 2013
Publication date: Jul 26, 2013
Section: News
Publisher: Postmedia Network Inc.
Place of publication: Kingston, Ont.
Country of publication: Canada, Kingston, Ont.
Publication subject: General Interest Periodicals--Canada
ISSN: 11974397
Source type: Newspaper
Language of publication: English
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