Sandwich-making break-in effort at Charlottetown Community Outreach Centre, vehicle theft earn P.E.I. man jail time
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A Charlottetown man who was caught driving two stolen autos and in addition broke into the Group Outreach Centre to make a sandwich for a buddy overdosing on medication has been sentenced to jail time for these offences and several other others.
“An overdose sandwich, I assume. That does not make an entire lot of sense,” stated Chief Decide Jeff Lantz at sentencing for Kenneth Kale MacAusland on March 30 provincial court docket in Charlottetown.
MacAusland, 26, additionally pleaded responsible at that court docket look to forcible entry, theft of a motorized vehicle, possession of one other stolen motorized vehicle, 4 counts of theft beneath $5,000, two counts of driving whereas prohibited, lacking court docket and breaching probation twice.
MacAusland appeared in court docket by video from the Provincial Correctional Centre.
Forcible entry
The forcible entry offence occurred on Nov. 25 on the Group Outreach Centre in Charlottetown, stated Crown lawyer Jeff MacDonald. On that day at 5:35 a.m., MacAusland and one other man entered the power by means of an unlocked window and set off movement alarms. Charlottetown police arrived and arrested each males. MacAusland’s lawyer defined that the pair broke into the outreach centre so MacAusland might make a sandwich for the opposite man, who was overdosing on medication on the time.
Stolen autos
MacDonald continued to inform the court docket that on Jan. 9, a girl reported to police that her car had been stolen from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. On Jan. 13 at 5:45 a.m., the girl’s father drove by the stolen car and police had been referred to as. Shortly after, MacAusland was arrested whereas driving the car.
A number of weeks in a while Jan. 31 at 2:55 a.m., MacAusland went into Sobeys on Babineau Drive in Charlottetown by means of the worker entrance. As soon as inside, MacAusland stole meals gadgets from a donation bin. He additionally took automobile keys from an worker’s jacket pocket and stole that particular person’s car from the car parking zone. Later that very same day at round 3 p.m., MacAusland stole whisky from Mel’s Petro-Canada retailer in East Royalty. He was recognized on the shop’s video surveillance footage because the theft suspect and the motive force of the car stolen earlier from Sobeys. Nonetheless, on Jan. 31, MacAusland pumped gasoline into the stolen car whereas in Summerside and drove away with out paying. MacAusland was arrested for excellent warrants on Feb. 2.
MacAusland was on a driving prohibition when he drove the stolen autos.
Different offences
MacAusland additionally pleaded responsible and was sentenced for different offences – stealing gasoline on Feb. 1 in Charlottetown, stealing three packs of cigarettes from the Wants comfort retailer on Euston Road in Charlottetown on Oct. 23, breaching probation on Nov. 11 for exhibiting up three hours late and excessive on methamphetamine on the provincial jail to serve a weekend sentence, and lacking court docket.
MacAusland had a previous and prolonged legal file.
Lantz sentenced MacAusland to a complete of 332 days in jail for the entire offences. With 87 days of enhanced credit score for time served in pre-sentence custody, MacAusland had 245 days (roughly eight months) left to serve. MacAusland was additionally sentenced to 2 years of probation, a two-year driving ban and ordered to pay a complete of $194 in restitution for the thefts.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. He might be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and might be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
