Guilty of Animal Protection Act charges
Harold Morash, 81, of Windsor, has been prohibited from owning animals for a decade and fined after being found guilty of three charges under the Animal Protection Act.
Morash pleaded not guilty in April 2016 to charges of causing an animal – 14 beef cattle – to be in distress and two counts of permitting an animal he owned or was in charge of to be in distress. These charges involved 14 beef cattle and a bull.
The matters were adjourned for trial, which happened on July 25. The matters were adjourned to Aug. 14 for a decision. Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek found Morash guilty of the three charges. Morash was fined a total of $100 on the three charges and the court imposed a 10-year prohibition on owning animals. Morash committed the offences in Windsor between Oct. 2 and Dec. 2, 2015.
Four other charges were dismissed on Aug. 14 with the Crown offering no evidence after Morash agreed to enter into a six-month peace bond.
These charges included two counts of uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm; carrying, using or threatening to use a weapon – a metal pipe – in committing an assault; and using violence for the purpose of compelling a man to abstain from obtaining equipment owned by the Department of Agriculture.
Breathalyser offences
Heather M. MacLeod, 60, of Kentville, has been fined for operating a motor vehicle while her blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit.
MacLeod pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 15. Judge Rickcola Brinton fined her a total of $1,300 and imposed a one-year driving prohibition against her.
MacLeod committed the offence in Kentville on June 30. The legal blood alcohol limit is 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. MacLeod gave breathalyser readings of 130 and 120.
Jason Arthur Pyke, 33, of Centreville, has been fined for operating a motor vehicle while his blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit and failing to comply with his undertaking.
Pyke pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 15. Judge Rickcola Brinton fined him a total of $1,560 for driving over the limit and imposed an 18-month driving prohibition against him. He was fined $390 for failing to comply with his undertaking.
Pyke committed the offences in Kentville on May 28. The legal blood alcohol limit is 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. Pyke gave breathalyser readings of 130 and 120.
Refused breathalyser
Patrick Dean Pineo, 45, of Kingsport, has been fined for failing to comply with a demand made by a police officer to provide samples of his breath for analysis to determine the concentration, if any, of alcohol in his blood.
Pineo pleaded guilty on Aug. 16. Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek fined him a total of $1,560 and imposed a one-year driving prohibition against him.
Pineo committed the offence in Chipmans Corner on May 27. The legal blood alcohol limit is 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood.
Fine, probation for drug possession
Gerald Stephen Phillips, 44, of Bridgetown, has been fined and sentenced to probation for unlawfully possessing methamphetamine.
Phillips pleaded not guilty in March to an original charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking. He pleaded guilty to the lesser, included offence of possession on Aug. 16.
Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek fined Phillips a total of $975 and sentenced him to 12 months of probation.
Phillips committed the offence in Kingston on Sept. 16, 2016.
Conditional discharge for assault
Laura Jayne Baldwin, 32, of Three Mile Plains, has been handed a conditional discharge with probation for committing an assault.
Baldwin pleaded guilty to the charge in June and the matter was adjourned to Aug. 15 to allow time for a pre-sentence report to be prepared and for sentencing. Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek handed Baldwin a conditional discharge with one year of probation and fined her $100 in victim surcharges.
Baldwin committed the offence in Three Mile Plains on May 17.
Drove while disqualified, undertaking offence
Brandon Howard Zwicker, 23, of Ardoise, has been fined for driving while disqualified and failing to comply with his undertaking.
Zwicker pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 15. Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek fined him $325 for driving while disqualified and imposed an 18-month driving prohibition against him. Zwicker was fined $325 for failing to comply with his undertaking.
Zwicker committed the offences in Ellershouse on May 6.
Suspended sentence for undertaking offences
Christopher Thomas Lloyd Jobb, 31, of Weston, has been handed a suspended sentence with probation for two counts of failing to comply with his undertaking. One charge was relates to communicating with an individual he was to have no contact with and the other relates to failing to report to the Kingston RCMP as directed.
Jobb changed his pleas to guilty on Aug. 15. Judge Rickcola Brinton handed Jobb a suspended sentence with 12 months of probation on the two charges and fined him a total of $200 in victim surcharges. Jobb has also been ordered to complete 30 hours of community service work.
Jobb committed the offences in Auburn between July 19 and Aug. 9, 2016, and in Kingston between July 1 and 15, 2016. A charge of sexual assault and two more counts of failing to comply with his undertaking were dismissed with the Crown offering no evidence.
Fined for undertaking offence
Barbara Jean Hebb, 34, of Kentville, has been fined for failing to comply with her undertaking.
Hebb changed her plea to guilty on Aug. 16. Judge Ronda Van Der Hoek fined Hebb a total of $65.
Hebb committed the offence in Kentville on April 8.
