A Prince George man was sentenced in Provincial Court to another 191 days in jail on May 16 for possessing a firearm without a licence or registration.
Associate Chief Judge Paul Dohm also sentenced Teddy James Lowley, born in 1995, to one day in jail for possessing a firearm contrary to a court order.
Lowley, who is in custody in the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, pleaded guilty last fall. Court heard that, on May 22, 2024, at 4:10 a.m., two Prince George RCMP officers patrolling around Highway 97 south and Highway 16 east spotted two males without helmets riding BMX bicycles. Police learned one of the males, Lowley, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failing to comply with a probation order. They searched his backpack and found a sawed-off .410 bore shotgun.
Lowley was already under a lifetime ban on firearms possession after being sentenced in April 2023 to 225 days in jail and one-year probation for possessing a firearm without licence or registration and disobeying a court order.
Lowley was convicted of sexual interference in May 2018 and that included a 10-year listing on the national sex offender’s registry. He failed to register for a nearly three-month period in 2023.
Dohm gave Lowley a two-year sentence, but that was reduced because he had spent 359 days in custody since his May 22, 2024 arrest. That translated to 539 days credit.
Defence lawyer Jason LeBlond said Lowley, who is Indigenous, is pursuing a Grade 12 equivalency behind bars. He called Lowley’s upbringing “turbulent,” with 14 years living under government care in group homes and foster homes.
Crown stayed proceedings on a second count of possession of a firearm contrary to an order, breach of a probation order and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
