HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-01-31, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990. PAGE 21.
Driving offences send 4 Huron men to j ail
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It was a bad day in provincial
court in Wingham January 24 for
second-time offenders found driv
ing while impaired, or found driv-
ing while their licences were under
suspension as no less than four
men were sent to jail.
David Franken, RR 2, Auburn
Top showman
Junior Dairy Showmanship winner Ryan Hallahan was
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Brussels Agricultural Society’s dinner by Pres. Jim Hunter.
Mr. Hunter also donated the trophy.
who had been found guilty in
November of driving while his
licence was under suspension was
sentenced to 60 days in jail. Mr.
Franken had argued that he hadn’t
been driving the vehicle the night
in July 1988 when his vehicle had
been stopped by police. However
Judge Hunter hadn’t believed the
story that his girl friend was
driving the vehicle and had found
him guilty.
Sentencing had been postponed
until January because Mr. Franken
was expecting to be laid off at this
point but since he isn’t being laid
off after all, he was granted a
temporary absence program to let
him keep working. An automatic
two-year driving prohibition
accompanies the conviction.
Also getting a two-year prohibi
tion and getting a 14-day jail
sentence was Frederick Krohn, RR
3, Wingham. The court was told
Wingham police saw a van driving
eratically about 11:18 p.m. on July
14, 1989 and when they stopped it,
the odour of alcohol was smelled
from the driver. When the driver
was administered a breathalyser
test he had over 80 mg. of alcohol
in 100 ml. of blood. The court was
told he had a prior conviction for
the same offence dating from April
9, 1986.
Brian Searson of Bluevale re
ceived no less than two sentences
for two separate occasions of being
caught with over 80 mg. alcohol in
100 ml. of blood in just over a
month. The court was told Mr.
Searson was first stopped Oct. 13,
1989 in Lowertown Wirjgham and
found to be over the limit. The
same OPP officer stopped the man
on Nov. 25, 1989 in Wingham and
again failed the breath test.
Duty Counsel Alan Mill told
Judge Hunter that Mr. Searson had
been employed until recently and
said the two stops put him in “a
very unfortunate circumstance.”
“Unfortunate!” Judge Hunter
snapped, “It was stupid to be
caught a month apart on the same
offence.” He sentenced Mr. Sear
son to pay a fine of $750 and have a
12-month driving prohibition on the
first offence, and a 21-day jail
sentence and a two-month prohibi
tion on the second offence.
Judge Hunter reconsidered his
original sentence to Kelly Mc
Glynn, RR 2, Bluevale for driving
while his licence was under suspen
sion, and reduced the jail sentence.
Mr. McGlynn had pleaded guilty
in court on Nov. 22, 1989 and the
court was told that Wingham OPP
had stopped a three-wheel all-
terrain vehicle on Oct. 26, 1989 in
Turnberry township. When they
checked, they found the licence of
the driver had been suspended on
January 5, 1989. Judge Hunter said
Wednesday he would take into
account the guilty plea “but that’s
about all that can be said for you.”
He sentenced Mr. McGlynn to 60
days in jail to be served on
weekends and added “You were
told while in court not to drive a
motor vehicle for a period of a year
and that’s exactly what it meant.”
Business
and
Later, however, the Judge re
considered and asked that Mr.
McGlynn be brought back from the
holding cells of the Wingham
Police Station next door. On reflec
tion, Judge Hunter changed the
sentence to 45 days in jail.
Fight at party
brings conditional
discharges
Two young men who got involved
in a fight while attending a party in
Brussels received conditional dis
charges and were placed on proba
tion when they appeared in Provin
cial Court in Wingham on Wednes
day.
Jeffrey L. Pletch of Belgrave and
Ian Robb Johnston of RR 2,
Bluevale pleaded guilty to creating
a disturbance.
The court was told that OPP
Constables Shaw and Ramsay of
the Wingham detachment were on
patrol in Brussels about 12:45 a.m.
on Dec. 9, 1989 when they saw a
large crowd gathered at the corner
of Elizabeth and Thomas Streets.
The two accused were in the middle
of the street surrounded by the
crowd, fighting.
Duty counsel Alan Mill told
Judge R. G. E. Hunter that the two
had had a disagreement while
attending a party in a nearby
house.
Judge Hunter gave the two
conditional discharges so they
wouldn’t have criminal records and
placed them on 12 month proba
tion.
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