A 27-year-old man was arrested on May 8 at 9 a.m. after CP Rail contacted Estevan RCMP to report a hitchhiker entering the U.S. on a train car.
He was arrested on outstanding warrants and received a 16-day jail sentence.
Thomas Therrien-Chiasson of Quebec was in Estevan provincial court on May 11 and pleaded guilty to breaching his curfew and various conditions of his undertaking, which he was placed under on July 26, 2010 in Manitoba for unrelated criminal offenses.
The Crown said Therrien-Chiasson has outstanding warrants in British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec.
The Crown and the defence provided presiding Judge Lane Weigers with a joint submission, which included a 21-day jail sentence, with six days credit given to Therrien-Chiasson, resulting in a total of 15 days in custody.
Chiasson’s inability to pay the victim fine surcharge, he accepted an additional day to his sentence.
The defense said the accused has “intentions to deal with his matters.”
While accepting the joint submission, Weigers strongly encouraged Therrien-Chiasson to put his outstanding warrants behind him once and for all.
In other proceedings, Curtis East received a 30-day jail sentence and a $200 fine for driving a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level that exceeded .08 on Feb. 21 in Estevan.
The Crown said he was leaving the Derrick Hotel and was pulled over after speeding. His relatively recent drinking and driving charge, which he obtained in July 2013, prompted the Crown to impose a more severe penalty that included jail time. He also received a two-year driving prohibition and a victim fine surcharge of $160, which is on top of his $200 fine.
