You won't get a better deal, judge tells Alberta accused
A young Alberta man was sentenced to two months in jail for the simple possession of marijuana last Wednesday, more than a year after he'd skipped town following the incident.
A young Alberta man was sentenced to two months in jail for the simple possession of marijuana last Wednesday, more than a year after he'd skipped town following the incident.
Timothy Ross, 20, was picked up by police last week and accepted a plea bargain from the Crown that saw several other drug charges against him dropped.
"Need to go back to work and get the hell out of here,” said Ross, an oil rig worker.
"I don't think you're going to get a better deal than what's on the table right now,” Justice of the Peace Gary Burgess said in territorial court.
"You can go back to Alberta and start fresh on a good life.”
On Feb. 22, 2013, RCMP officers raided an apartment on Strickland Street.
Crown lawyer Keith Parkkari said they found a "pile of marijuana on the table” — 35 grams — as well as 30 grams of hashish, "20 to 30 capsules of white powder believed to be ecstasy” and 10 pills of Tylenol 3, among others.
Police also found large amounts of cash on the four people present.
About $13,400 in bills was seized.
Ross was released on bail the next day — fewer than 24 hours before his 19th birthday — but failed to show up for his court date in April.
The following month, he was charged with an offence in Vernon, B.C., for which he was later convicted.
All four individuals from the Strickland Street raid have now pleaded guilty to lesser drug offences.
RCMP officers caught up with Ross again on June 9 of this year, arresting him on four drug charges for the second time.
He received 30 days consecutive for each of the two offences to which he pleaded guilty: simple possession of marijuana — without intent to traffic — and failing to appear in court, a breach of bail.
"Do I ever get some of that money back?” Ross asked. Because of the bail breach, he will not.
"OK, that's fair ... I'll do my time.”
Thirteen days will be cut from his 60-day sentence due to time served in pre-trial custody.
For the nine days he has already spent in jail, Ross received enhanced credit, which multiplies time served by 1.5.
"Good luck in Alberta,” Burgess said.
Canadians 18 years or older who are charged with an offence are tried as adults.
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June Jackson on Jun 24, 2014 at 7:03 am
All the criminals just love a "good deal". And best of all? These pushers can be back on the street in just a matter of months, or days with enhanced applied.. just in case there's a couple of kindergartners they missed selling some street drugs to.