After ranting at various people around Estevan and Bienfait, and allegedly threatening to "string up" realtors, Shane Laszlo was remanded in police custody.
Appearing in Estevan provincial court on Monday following an April 12 arrest, the Crown refused to agree to release Laszlo, who was charged with uttering threats to police and another complainant, entering a third party vehicle, unlawfully carrying weapons and mischief as a result of allegedly damaging the town office building in Bienfait.
A show-cause hearing was held to determine whether or not to release him from custody prior to his next court appearance.
Laszlo was first arrested on April 11, after he attended to a local radio station and allegedly ranted to staff about Estevan being "full of crooks," before making a threatening comment to a realtor. Staff called police as the man left and headed toward the realtor's office.
Police arrested him and later released him on an undertaking.
The next day in Bienfait he displayed more aggressive behaviour toward a pair of civilians, allegedly entering a truck and later chasing after the occupant as he drove away.
He then went to the Bienfait town office where the Crown prosecutor said he kicked at the library door and drove a crowbar into the front door of the town office and driving a hammer into a nearby bench.
Upon his arrest by RCMP members in Bienfait, he made verbal threats to the members as well as the Estevan realtor. The prosecutor said the members noticed possible signs of mental health issues.
Judge Karl Bazin decided not to release Laszlo, at which point the accused became upset, saying "I'm not finished with my conversation," and continued to speak, raising his voice above the judge's to further plead his case.
He continued to shout as he was escorted from the courtroom by police officers and back to the Estevan Police Service building.
His matter was adjourned until May 12.
In other proceedings, Peter James Evans, previously of Oxbow and now working in Edmonton, appeared for the first time facing a charge of sexual assault and two more of sexual interference, alleging sexual contact with a child. The charges are alleged to have occurred in or around Oxbow between January 1999 and January 2004.
Evans told the judge he wished to deal with the matters as soon as possible, but Bazin urged him to seek legal counsel, considering the serious nature of the charges.
The matter was adjourned until May 5.
