P.E.I. man sentenced for flight from police in stolen vehicle
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A Charlottetown man who fled police in a stolen automobile shortly after pumping gasoline into it has been sentenced for a number of offences.
Along with flight from police, Kenneth Terrence Kale MacAusland, 25, additionally pleaded responsible to 2 theft costs and two counts of lacking court docket. He pleaded responsible and was sentenced for the offences on Aug. 15 in provincial court docket in Charlottetown.
The primary of a number of offences occurred on Might 9. Crown legal professional Molly Murphy advised the court docket that on that day at round 1:30 a.m., MacAusland went to the Wants comfort retailer on Euston Avenue to purchase some meals gadgets. The shop had a no-trespassing order in opposition to MacAusland from coming into the shop. When he went to pay for the gadgets, the workers refused to serve him. Because of this, he took the gadgets with out paying and left the shop. The worth of the gadgets was $21.62.
“He ought to have left the gadgets behind,” mentioned MacAusland’s authorized help lawyer Justin Milne.
A second set of offences occurred on July 13 when police noticed a stolen automobile on the Esso gasoline station on Capital Drive. When police pulled into the enterprise’s car parking zone, the automobile fled the scene at a excessive charge of pace, mentioned Murphy. MacAusland was recognized by police the next day by means of video surveillance footage. MacAusland pumped $40.02 price of gasoline into the automobile and left with out paying.
MacAusland was arrested for the offences on July 19.
“He ought to have left the gadgets behind.”
MacAusland was additionally charged with two breaches of probation and possession of stolen property; nevertheless, Murphy stayed these costs at sentencing.
MacAusland has a felony file, which incorporates prior flight from police and lacking court docket offences. MacAusland was additionally on a driving ban when he drove the stolen automobile, mentioned Murphy.
Chief Choose Jeff Lantz accepted a joint advice from Murphy and Milne and sentenced MacAusland to a complete of 40 days in jail for all the offences. The vast majority of that sentence — 30 days — was for the flight from police cost.
As well as, Lantz sentenced MacAusland to 18 months of probation, banned him from driving for one yr and ordered him to pay restitution to Wants and the Esso shops.
With enhanced credit score for time already spent in custody, MacAusland had no extra time left to serve on the jail sentence.
Milne famous that MacAusland is coping with psychological well being and addictions points. However he has additionally utilized to Holland Faculty’s GED (common training growth) program. Milne mentioned that finishing this system can be good for MacAusland and the general public. So, a situation of MacAusland’s probation as proposed within the joint advice included a situation that he enrol and attend the GED program. If MacAusland willfully would not attend, he can have breached his probation, added Murphy.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter wtih SaltWire Community primarily based in Charlottetown.
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