A woman serving a five-year sentence for her role in a three-city crime spree that ended in Prince George is back behind bars after her day parole was revoked over concern she might be falling back into her old habits.
Sentenced in December 2016, Stephanie Rene Deschene was released on day parole in early May but by the end of August, she had been brought back into custody.
Over that time, she failed to secure a job and while she initially seemed intent on regaining custody of her child, her attentions instead turned to reconnecting with her intimate partner, who is currently homeless, according to a Parole Board of Canada decision.
The partner's name was not provided, but in January 2017, Kelsey Alexander Allard was sentenced to a further two-and-a-half years in prison for the September 2016 escapade. Arrested in Prince George following a lengthy game of hide-and-seek with police, they had been driving around in an SUV stolen in Grande Prairie and holding items stolen in both cities as well as Kamloops.
Deschene received a stiffer sentence in part because she was behind the wheel when the couple fled police and because of her past record of similar crimes.
While she was out on parole, Deschene and her partner became the subject of a break and enter complaint.
Deschene told supervisors they were house hunting and in the process of using Google Maps were directed to the wrong address.
When there was no answer at the door, Deschene said she went through an open garage door and knocked on that one. As she was doing so, the homeowner came to the door and "freaked out."
A subsequent investigation by her case management team found the home she was looking for and the one where she ended up were 6.5 kilometres apart.
The team also contacted her halfway house and were told of troublesome behaviour, such as sneaking her partner into the house, leaving her child unattended and leaving vague information on her signout logs.
She was also seen behind the wheel of a vehicle despite being subject to a driving prohibition.
In a Nov. 21, decision, a Parole Board of Canada member found that letting her back out would pose an undue risk and revoked her day parole.
