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NORTH BATTLEFORD – A 35-year-old convicted sex offender now living in Unity was handed more jail time after he failed to report to the National Sex Offender Registry.
North Battleford Provincial Court heard Monday that Albert Craig Summerfeld was to report to the NSOR every year but had not reported since 2019.
Summerfeld, who appeared by phone from the correctional centre, was also charged with two counts of failing to appear in court. Court records show that Summerfeld made his first appearance on the NSOR charge in Unity circuit court Jan. 17. He was released from custody and failed to appear in Unity court April 18 and a bench warrant for his arrest was issued.
Defence lawyer Jonathan Bodvarson told the court that Summerfeld had “a lot going on,” adding that he bounced around between communities, including Saskatoon and Macklin.
“He is finally stabilized in Unity.”
Crown Prosecutor Liam Fitz-Gerald entered Summerfeld’s criminal record into the court record. In 2017, Summerfeld was sentenced in Prince Albert court to two years less a day in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing approximately 500 child pornography files – some that depicted full penetration of toddlers. At the time he was sentenced, he was already in custody for 317 days and given 475 days enhanced credit for time served while waiting for his trial.
When sentencing Summerfeld, Judge Daniel O’Hanlon told him, “The fact you have not reported to the Sex Offender Registry is of concern,” adding that the NSOR “must know where you are at all times.”
On the charge of failing to appear in court earlier this year, Summerfeld was handed nine days in jail, time served. On the charge of failing to report to the NSOR, he was given 90 days in jail starting Monday.
“I’m doing that because of the number of breaches you have on your record,” said Judge O’Hanlon. “You need to know when you get out you report and you do every year or you’re going back to jail.”
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