Dakota Jaworski made an appearance at the regular June 22 sitting of the Estevan court. Jaworkski, represented by legal aid, pled guilty to three charges: robbery, breech of undertaking and one count of forgery.
Although she pled guilty, a request was made for a pre-sentencing report to be brought to the court on the charges against Jaworski. The matter was adjourned until Sept. 19.
Jaworski was one of three people arrested, fleeing from the Royal Heights Esso in west Estevan, following an armed robbery that took place on March 13.
Lance Joice was sentenced to a period of six months’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of $80, with an additional victim fine surcharge of $100 for an incident in which he left the Black Grasshopper Pub and Eatery without paying an outstanding balance on March 20.
The Crown read to the court that Joice had been accumulating the costs of drinks for himself and a friend on a tab that he claimed to intend to pay off, himself. He later fled the premises, without paying the tab that came to a total of $80; he was subsequently found by police.
Legal aid noted that Joice is the father of three children and that the poor decision he made stemmed from a drinking problem he is working to rectify, by staying sober.
Patricia Martindale was ordered to pay an $1,000 fine, plus a $300 victim fine surcharge, and was given a one-year driving prohibition, after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while over the legal limit on May 22.
The Crown read that police found Martindale driving on 13th Avenue, drifting in and out of the appropriate lane, and was stopped on King Street.
Martindale exhibited signs of intoxication, and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 130mg/L both times she was tested with a breathalyzer.
Mitigating factors in Martindale’s sentencing included an early guilty plea during her first appearance before the court, and the fact that she had no prior criminal record.
John White was sentenced to pay a total of $1,820 in a fine and victim fine surcharge, with a one-year driving prohibition, for operating a motor vehicle while impaired, and over the legal limit. The sentencing resulted from an incident on June 5, during which White was pulled over by the Carnduff RCMP for a check stop, on his way into Carievale.
After being administered breathalyzer tests by police, White’s blood alcohol levels were found to be 203mg/L and 220 mg/L. Such amounts were said to be severely aggravating factors, by presiding Judge Lane Wiegers.
Wiegers told White that he was ordering him to pay a fine that was higher than the statutory minimum because the extremely high reading of his blood alcohol levels —almost triple the legal limit— outweighed the fact that White entered an early guilty plea in his first appearance before the court.
