Former Estevan Police Const. Muhammad Khan will be making his next court appearance in October.
On Sept. 21, a bench warrant hold for Muhammad Khan issued on Aug. 13 was cancelled, when his lawyer contacted the court. Khan’s lawyer stated disclosure had just been reviewed and a request was made to have the matter adjourned until a later date, so that they could get instructions from his client, before the summary proceedings.
Khan was involved in an arrest during a drug complaint, and had allegations of assault, abuse of authority and discreditable conduct were made against him. He was dismissed from the Estevan Police Service and charged with assault after an internal investigation. Khan’s case was adjourned until Oct. 19th.
Stacy Coleman was fined for resisting arrest, after a traffic stop. Coleman was pulled over after police spotted a suspicious vehicle on Banatyne Avenue, near King Street.
Police were concerned that Coleman had consumed drugs after conversing with Coleman, since at the time, he exhibited signs of what appeared to be intoxication, profusely sweating, with dilated pupils.
Police attempted to place the accused under arrest, and he responded by attempting to escape several times, maneuvering from the driver’s seat into the front passenger’s seat of his vehicle, and struggling to get away from the police when he was brought out of his vehicle.
Coleman noted he had greatly improved his life since the time of the incident, stating that he was gainfully and busily self-employed as a floor layer. Coleman said it was his busy work schedule in part, that compelled him to plead guilty to the charge of evading arrest and request for sentencing that day.
While Coleman did have a prior record, the last entry was from 2010. Judge Lane Wiegers went with the suggestion
of the Crown, taking the circumstances and early guilty plea of the defendant into account. Coleman was fined $500, plus a mandatory victim surcharge of $150, totaling $650.
Robert Grachinski, 19, was charged with mischief, after an incident at the Derrick Motel bar. On July 18th, Grachinski was intoxicated and was told to leave the Derrick Motel bar, but refused to exit the premises.
Upon arrival, police found him on the west side of the Derrick motel building, with his hand profusely bleeding from a large cut across his knuckles. Grachinski, who had punched and broken a reinforced glass window on the property, needed 14 stitches for his injury.
Grachinski had no prior criminal record, and the value of the window was less than $5,000 – both were factors in the leniency of his sentence.
Judge Lane Wiegers also noted that the Derrick Motel was not seeking restitution and that Grachinksi sustained a significant injury, showing remorse for his actions with an early guilty plea. Judge Wiegers charged Grachinski a victim surcharge of $100 and gave him an absolute discharge.
