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A resident. of Stewart, Keith Oma Stewart, . 19,
received a total of 60 days i in prison when he pleaded
guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer and
theft over $200, after. appearing before Judge H.D.
Boyle in Terrace provincial‘court Monday.

. The court was told, by Crown Counsel Tom Bishop
the charges arose after’ Stewart was seen driving a

A cheque
presented

Jane: Greveling;. president: of ‘the Terrace Old Age
Pensioners (left) receives $715 from Bill'Sturby of the
Loyal Order of Moose while Helen Jefferson looks on,

4 39 DAYSFOR THEFT = ——ss—~—~—
Stewart man jailed for assaulting police.

stolen pickup in Stewart on Sunday. Bishop stated
police were called and that when questioned by @ local
RCMP, Stewart became hostile,

Bishop said Stewart then punched a civilian and
kicked the officer, when the officer stepped in to break
up the fight. At thut point, said Bishop, the officer and
Stewart tangled.

met

The money will go towards the building fund of the
drop-in centre and was obtained from proceeds from
Lotto Canada ticket sales in. the Woolworths Centre.

Bishop also noted Stewart had previous convictions
of similar charges, including a previous conviction of

‘assaulting an officer.
' Boyle stated despite the fact Stewart was “pretty

well thumped out" and that the acts were related to
drinking, his past offences made a. jail term
necessary, Boyle also ‘recommended the term be

Three Terrace youths
were each given a
‘break’’ when they
pleaded gulity to
charges of possession of
marijuana before Judge
H.D. Boyle in Terrace
provincial court Monday.

Before giving con-
ditional discharges to

Randy Ireland, 17,
Kenneth Bruce Ireland,
18, and Raymond
Higginson, 19, Boyle
stated that feeling the law
unfair, as Boyle stated
many marijuané users
did, did not justify
breaking the law.

The court was told by
Crown Counsel Tom
Bishop that the charges
arose from a single in-
- ident at the Terrace
Arena June 19,

Boyle alsosaid he felt it
would be unfair to punish
the three harshly, since
Boyle felt the law. would
probably soon be
changed. «

"If you want to change
the law, write to your
member, don’t go

The Herald, Tuesday, July 10, 1979, Page 3

served at the Terrace Community Correctional
Centre, if possible.

Boyle sentenced Stewart to 60 days on the charge of '
assaulting an officer and to another 30 days to be.

served concurrently on the charge of theft over $200.

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“7 Terrace Te was
found guilty on a charge
of having. care and
control of a motor vehicle
with a blood alcohol
content over .08 even
though he was asleep
when arrested after he
appeared for trial before
Judge H.D. Boyle in
Terrace provincial court
Monday.

David Richard Rosang
pleaded not guilty to the
charge and to another
charge of impaired
driving. Crown counsel
Tom Bishop told the court
the charges arose
foltowing an incident 30
miles west of Terrace
March 11.

RCMP constable
Phillip Boissonneault
testified that he and
another officer found a
pickup parked in an
‘avalanche area with
Rosang, behind the
driver's seat, and another
passenger both asleep.
Boissonneault also stated

the truck was running ¢

and the keys were in the
ignition.

Rosang stated he had
pulled over because the
truck was not running
properly. He also stated
he felt the breathalyzer
readings taken by RCMP
later were not taken
correctly.

Boyle. ‘adjourned the
court to the breathalyzer
room at the RCMP
detachment. At the
detachment office,
Constable Nolan tested
the accuracy of and
demonstrated the in-
strument to the court.

Boyle also stated there
were precedents where a
person charged with
drunk driving offenses
while having care and
control of a motor
vehicle, had been con-
victed even if the motor
vehicle wasn’t working.

Bishop stated there was
ample evidence to show
Rosang had care and
control of a motor vehicle
with a blood alcohol:
content over .08, and also
asked to withdraw. the
impaired charge.

Before passing sen-
tence, Boyle stated

Rosang had presented a

valiant defense”. and
ordered Rosang to pay a
$50 fine. ;
Patrick Wesley
Chartoniuk was ordered
remanded in custody by
Boyle, after Chartonuik
was arrested in Terrace
Monday morning.
Bishop told the court
Chartonuik was wanted
by officials in Campbell
River to face a charge of
trafficking in drugs
Bishop stated it was
alleged Chartonuik had
been dealing with an
undercover RCMP of-
ficer and had given the
officer a sample of the

drug which was 41 per,

cent pure.

Bishop told Boyle that
officials from Campbell
River are expected to
return Chartonuik. to
Campbell River.

Tracy Allan Shannon
and Kevin Kirk each
pleaded guilty toa charge
of theft under $200.

The court was told by
Bishop the charges arose
after the two, along with
a juvenile, were found in
possession of parts from
a stolen ten speed
bicycle.

Boyle gave the two
youths a conditional
discharge, with a six
month probation as ‘one
condition.
ordered the pair to
perform 20 hours of
community work ser-
vice; the stolen bike to be
reassembled and
returned; a _ written
apology to be sent to the

- victim; and the victim be

given'a bicycle owned by
one of the youths to use
until the stolen bike is
returned.

Geoffery David Young

pleaded guilty to a charge.

of impaired driving.
The court was told by
Bishop the charges arose

‘following an incident

April 15. Boyle ordered
Young to pay a $150 fine,
with 14 days in jail in
default of payment.
Juvenile court was held
in Terrace Monday but
Judge Boyle ruled the
court closed and the press
was barred from
covering the proceedings.

Boyle also”

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‘VICTORIA (CP) —
Tourism Minister Don
Phillips said Monday he’s
opposed to legalized gam-
bling in British Columbia.
Don Lockstead (NDP —
Mackenzie) had suggested
earlier that the government
getintc gambling as a source
of revenue, noting that
thousands of British

Columbians’
Nevada each year to take
their chances at the tables.

Phillips said he does not
want B.C. turned ‘into
another Nevada, that
legalized gambling would
not create additional rev-
enue for the province and it
would. hurt more than help
the provincial economy,

Selling power now O.K.

VICTORIA (CP) — British
Columbia companies will be
able, to sell their surplus
power under changes to the
Energy Act . introduced
Monday In the B.C,
legislature.

Energy Minister Jim
Hewitt ‘said the proposed

. changes lift the restrictions

classifying any firm which
sells more than 15 per cent of

the power generated tor its
own use as 6 Uulllity.

He said the surplus energy
now will be sold to other
firms, utilities and even
municipalities on a contract
basis at negotiated prices,

Hewitt said this is the first
step in a comprehensive

energy policy the govern-

ment hopes to outline in
September.

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COMICS
stAGE 44.

“You're your own worst enemy,” Boyle told

Stewart.

-smoking up at rock
concerts,” he added.
As one condition of the’

Pair getting a break,
told to protest to MP

discharge, eech youth is

to serve six months
probation.

POLICE NEWS

Terrace RCMP report
a busy weekend, witn
several persons facing
charges.

Early Sunday mornizig; ,
police report a‘ juvenile
was involved in, a
motorcycle accident,
when a’ motorcycle hit a
pedestrian on Queensway
Drive. Police ‘staté’: the
driver faces charges of
operating an unlicensed
motorcycle, having no.
insurance, and charges of
driving with no, helmet.
and no lights.

RCMP also -state
another juvenile later
took the same motorcycle
out in the same area and
a second accident .oc-.
curred. The second
juvenile faces the same

Earlier Saturday
evening, a third juvenile
is scheduled to appear in
court on charges of’
operating an unlicensed
motorcycle, driving with
no insurance, driving
with no lights, and
causing excessive noise.

Edward Bradley Ken-
nedy, 20, of Terrace faces
a charge of impaired
_ driving and with failure

perform.
: preathal mer tésti:

Denis Mailloux,. also of.

Terrace, is scheduled to
appear in court on an

impaired: driving: charge
‘after®: a: vehicle . was

checked early Sunday.

Kelley Sweet, 18, will
be charged with driving
with-no insurance after a
vehicle: was checked on
- Highway 16 east Sunday,
state RCMP.

On Saturday, two

males were picked up by

RCMP on suépicion of
breaking and etitering
with theft from «a
residence on Scott
Avenue, Police report
they are still in-
vestigating that incident.

Police also report
Jaques Joseph Duval will
face charges of impaired
-Griving and with driving
with a blood aleohal
content over the legal
limit, following an in-

Police also reRert cident, Monday, morning.

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