P.E.I. woman sentenced for possessing stolen cheques
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. girl who cashed greater than $4,000 in stolen cheques won’t should repay the affected monetary establishment due to the quantity she already owes the courts for previous offences.
Gracy Could Sark, 40, pleaded responsible on Aug. 25 and was sentenced in provincial courtroom in Charlottetown for possession of the stolen cheques. Crown lawyer Jeff MacDonald stayed a second cost of fraud.
MacDonald then informed the courtroom that on April 4, 2020, a Charlottetown resident reported to police that his car had been damaged into and his chequebook stolen.
Greater than a 12 months afterward Could 18, 2021, the resident contacted police once more after listening to from his financial institution that a few of the stolen cheques had been cashed.
Police decided that between April 9 and Could 6 in 2021, a complete of $4,667 had been withdrawn from the resident’s Scotiabank account by way of the stolen cheques and deposited into Sark’s checking account. Video surveillance additionally confirmed Sark and one other girl at an ATM committing the offences.
A couple of days previous to the beginning of these offences, Sark began a hearth on April 5, 2021, at an condo constructing at 224 Euston St. She was sentenced for arson to 12 months in jail on July 27. For the Aug. 25 courtroom look, she appeared by video from the Provincial Correctional Centre.
Chief Decide Jeff Lantz accepted a joint suggestion from MacDonald and legal-aid lawyer Justin Milne and sentenced Sark to 30 days in jail for possession of the stolen cheques.
The resident was reimbursed by Scotiabank for the reason that cheques have been reported stolen. Nonetheless, MacDonald did request $4,667 in restitution payable to Scotiabank. MacDonald famous that Sark already owes the courts $262,763 for previous offences, which incorporates restitution for the arson sentence and harm to the condo constructing. Given that quantity already owing, MacDonald famous that paying restitution on this case is a “distant risk.”
Lantz determined to not impose restitution. He defined that given the quantity she already owes, restitution on this matter is “pretty bleak.”
The 30-day jail sentence is to be served similtaneously her present arson sentence.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He might be reached by e mail at [email protected] and might be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
