Fraudulent spending lands P.E.I. man in jail
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man shall be heading to jail for greater than three months after he was arrested Jan. 4 on warrants from 2020.
William Charles Gauthier not too long ago pleaded responsible in provincial courtroom in Charlottetown to fraud, illegal use of a debit card, breach of probation and failure to seem in courtroom.
Gauthier appeared by video from custody and when Decide Jeff Lantz requested if he needed to get a lawyer to assist interpret the disclosure, Gauthier stated he would relatively cope with it now.
Gauthier had already pleaded responsible in 2019 to a cost of fraud from October 2018. In that case, Gauthier and one other individual requested the sufferer to deposit a cheque for $687.66 into the sufferer’s checking account. The sufferer then withdrew money for Gauthier and his acquaintance. Nevertheless, the cheque had already been cashed and the sufferer misplaced the cash.
Since then, on Oct. 31, 2019, Gauthier used one other individual’s debit card to spend $16.29 at a Circle Ok retailer and one other $132.66 at Ken’s Nook. Gauthier was caught on video at that location utilizing the faucet characteristic.
The cardboard’s proprietor reported the cardboard stolen, however Gauthier disagreed with the information.
“The woman gave me the cardboard to go to the shop. I didn’t take it out of her purse,” he stated.
Breach of courtroom orders
Gauthier can be dealing with fees of breaching probation when he didn’t verify in with probation companies for six months in 2019. Then in June 2020, Gauthier didn’t attend courtroom.
A warrant for his arrest was issued at the moment, and he was picked up on the warrant on Jan. 4 of this 12 months.
MacDonald stated Gauthier’s whereabouts for the final two years had been unknown.
“I used to be with the carnival enterprise. I’m not going to lie,” stated Gauthier.
He stated he continues to work with East Coast Amusements, a Nova Scotia-based firm.
Lantz sentenced Gauthier to a complete of 111 days in jail, much less three days credit score for time served for the fees. He shall be on probation for 12 months.
Gauthier was additionally ordered to finish 40 hours of group service work and to pay restitution within the quantity of $130, $316 and $80 to the victims of fraud.
Alison Jenkins is a well being reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. She might be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @ReporterAlison.
