Charlottetown man pleads guilty to providing court with fake employment letter
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Offering the courtroom with false employment info in assist of an intermittent sentence has led to a legal conviction for a Charlottetown man.
Craig Austin Maye, 45, appeared in provincial courtroom in Charlottetown on June 6 and pleaded responsible to a cost that he fabricated a letter of employment as proof in a judicial continuing with the intent to mislead the courtroom.
Crown legal professional Lisa Goulden instructed the courtroom that on Feb. 9, Maye was sentenced to jail time by Chief Choose Jeff Lantz for theft offences. At that courtroom look, he offered a letter of employment indicating that he labored for an organization on a full-time foundation. Based mostly on that letter and his said work schedule, Lantz granted Maye’s request to serve his jail sentence intermittently (on weekends) so he may proceed to work full-time through the week from Monday to Thursday.
After sentencing, police grew to become suspicious and contacted the employer. The employer instructed police that he hadn’t seen the letter earlier than, nor did he put together or signal the letter.
The employer did say that Maye has labored for him often, however not full-time.
Maye was arrested and instructed police that he was instructed to organize the letter by the employer. He additionally stated he was given the letter by any individual else, Goulden stated.
Even so, Maye admitted to police that he wasn’t employed with the corporate full-time as said within the letter.
Defence lawyer Conor Mullin (representing authorized help) added that Maye was instructed by the employer he may use his identify for the courtroom matter.
“Utilizing his identify is quite a bit totally different than signing it to a bit of paper,” replied Choose Nancy Orr.
Mullin agreed with that remark.
Maye has a “pretty vital” prior legal document, famous Goulden.
Orr granted Mullin’s request for an up to date pre-sentence report. Pre-sentence reviews talk about an offender’s private circumstances to help the courtroom.
Orr then adjourned sentencing to June 30.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. He may be reached by e mail at [email protected] and may be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
