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Court Docket: Peace Region, March 13 to 17

Sentences and fines from Fort St. John and Dawson Creek provincial courts
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• CALLIOU, Brittany Virginia Jane (born 1995) was fined $2000 under the Motor Vehicle Act, given a two-year driving prohibition, and ordered to pay a $300 victim surcharge for driving while prohibited/licence suspended in Dawson Creek on Feb. 22, 2022.

• BLANCHARD, Trent Frederick (born 1988) was fined $1000 and given a one-year criminal driving prohibition for impaired driving in Pouce Coupe on Aug. 12, 2022.

• PARRY, Jason Marshall (born 1977) was fined $1001.15 for failing to report required information to conservation officers in Terrace on Aug. 8, 2020, and fined $501.15 for using/operating a motor vehicle within a closed area, both committed in Terrace in on Aug. 8, 2020.

• SINNES, Nile Peder David (born 1998) was fined $1001.15 for failing to report required information to conservation officers in Squamish on Aug. 9, 2020, and fined $501.15 for using/operating a motor vehicle within a closed area in Fort St. John on July 29, 2020.

• SINNES, Peter (born 1971) was fined $1001.15 for failing to report required information to conservation officers in Squamish on Aug. 9, 2020, and fined $501.15 for using/operating a motor vehicle within a closed area in Fort St. John on July 29, 2020.

• MCKAY, Keith Alexander (born 1992) given a 60-day conditional sentence with 12 months probation for theft committed in Dawson Creek on March 20, 2022; and given a 30-day conditional sentence with 12 months probation for breach of probation in Dawson Creek on Feb. 18, 2022.

• KIMMIE, Jerald Andrew (born 1970) was sentenced to 12 months probation, fined $500, and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for failing to stop when requested by police in Cecil Lake on Dec. 7, 2021.

• SADLIER, Wyatt Morgen (born 2002) was given a one-year $500 recognizance after allegation of assault committed in Dawson Creek on Aug. 21, 2022.

• TROSKY, Michael David (born 1990) was sentenced to time served for breach of a release order in Dawson Creek on May 23, 2022; and time served for breach of a release order in Prince George on June 21, 2022.

Notes on sentencing

Suspended sentence: The judge convicts the accused but suspends sentencing, and instead releases them on conditions set out in a probation order.

Conditional sentence: The judge gives the accused a jail term, but allows them to serve it in the community as long as they follow certain conditions. Often called house arrest.

Conditional discharge: The accused’s record won’t show a conviction if they meet conditions the judge sets out in a probation order.

Recognizance after allegation: An agreement to keep the peace and be of good behaviour when the court finds there are reasonable grounds that a person will commit an offence.

Victim surcharge: A fine levied by judges at their discretion during sentencing that goes toward helping victims of crime.