There have been guilty pleas in court in connection to a Jan. 5 incident at The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords, a shelter for homeless in North Battleford.
Sunrise Spyglass has pled guilty to mischief and to assaulting a peace officer.
Judge Dan O’Hanlon handed down a sentence of six months incarceration, concurrent, on the two counts in provincial court. As well, a DNA order was made and a 10-year firearms prohibition was imposed; Spyglass is also banned from possessing prohibited weapons for life. A third count of resisting a police officer was stayed.
According to the facts presented in North Battleford provincial court Tuesday, police were called to The Lighthouse, where Spyglass had caused a commotion in the kitchen yelling at people. He was arrested, but while entering the police vehicle Spyglass had kicked the police constable a number of times.
The accused was described as intoxicated with slurred speech and bloodshot eyes at the time of the incident. His criminal record includes several alcohol-related offences.
Spyglass made his initial court appearance Monday and entered the guilty pleas Tuesday in provincial court.
