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Belgrave man gets 90 days in jail
A Belgrave man was chastised
before being sentenced to a 90 day
jail term in Wingham's provincial
court, Wednesday.
Gordon Rinn, who had been pro
hibited from driving for three years
after a court appearance last
September, was arrested Feb. 26
after police were tipped off by a
Crimestoppers call, Attorney for
the Crown Don Vale told Judge
Grey Twp.
A Grey Twp. man pled guilty in
Wingham's provincial court, April
16 to a charge of impaired driving
while having care and control of a
vehicle.
According to Attorney for the
Crown Don Vale of Sarnia, an OPP
officer found Ross Mitchell, RR3,
Brussels, "passed out" behind the
wheel of a van, which had appar
ently gone through a stop sign at
the T-intersection of County Rds.
16 and 19 in Grey Twp. and come
to rest on a front lawn.
Man
causes
$1,068
damage
A fit of temper landed a Bluevale
man in jail last week after a guilty
plea in provincial court, Wingham.
Tim MacTavish was charged
Oct. 25 after he broke into an apart
ment by smashing a window and
also smashed six hydro metres. He
was identified by two witnesses,
Attorney for the Crown Don Vale
told Judge Garry Hunter.
Defense Counsel Alan Mill said
the accused had been at a party,
which he had left after an "alterca
tion" with another person. "Rather
than hit him, he got into this bit of
foolishness," Mill said.
MacTavish has started to make
restitution, Mill said for the dam
ages totalling $1,068.
Judge Hunter sentenced Mac
Tavish to 30 days to be served on
weekends. He was given a 12-
month probationary period and
ordered to have made full restitu
tion in six months.
OPP, police services join
for seat-belt campaign
The Ontario Provincial Police
will be joining all police services,
as well as other road safety partners
throughout the province, in a two-
week campaign to enforce the law
and educate the public on the
proper use of in-vehicle restraint
systems.
The safety campaign, which
began Saturday, April 19 and runs
through to Friday, May 2,
encourages drivers and passengers
to consistently use their seat belt
assemblies and approved child car
seats for even the shortest of trips.
OPP Insp. Rod Williams says the
law enforcement community is
committed to heightening the
awareness of all violators during
this time period.
In 1996, the OPP investigated
approximately 150 vehicle crash
deaths which were, in part,
attributable to the lack of use of
Garry Hunter. Rinn had been leav
ing his place of work when police
caught up with him.
Vale added that Rinn also had a
care and control charge from 1989
and a charge of over 80 in 1993.
In defense, Counsel Alan Mill
said that Rinn had been told that
there would not be any work that
day so had cancelled his usual ride.
When he was called later to come
man loses license
After waking him, the officer
noticed signs of impairment. Vale
told Judge Garry Hunter that
Mitchell admitted to having con
sumed six beers before leaving
Molesworth.
Joyride has man
weekending in jail
A winter joyride has taken the
fun out of weekends for awhile for
a Brussels man.
Provincial Court Judge Garry
Hunter sentenced Brad Mawhin-
ney, 19, to serve 60 days intermit
tently for the theft of a snowmobile
on Jan. 10, when he appeared in
court April 16.
According to Attorney for the
Crown Don Vale of Sarnia,
Mawhinney had seen the snowmo
Man pleads
to charge
of over 80
A festive evening cost an RR4,
Wingham man $750 and his
driver's license for a year, after
appearing before Judge Garry Hut
ner in provincial court Wingham on
Wednesday, April 16.
Tom Warner was stopped by
police in the early hours of Dec. 24
just outside of Brussels. Suspicious
that Warner had been drinking the
officer asked him to take a roadside
test, which he failed, said Attorney
for the Crown Don Vale. Warner
was arrested and taken to the
detachment for breathalizer tests
and charged with over 80.
Warner pled guilty to the
charges, Wednesday.
restraints.
Even though Ontario has a
compliance rate of 92 per cent,
Williams says it's "not good
enough".
As an example, the inspector
points to the last week of March
1997 when the OPP investigated
nine traffic deaths. A factor in
seven of those deaths was improper
use or non-use of seat belts.
"Deaths and injuries associated
with non-compliance are
unacceptable", says Williams, who
heads the Traffic Safety Section of
the Provincial Traffic & Marine
Safety Bureau at OPP General
Headquarters in Orillia.
"We seek the support of all
Ontarians in reaching the goal of
increased compliance with the
law", says Williams, adding, "using
in-vehicle restraints is to your
personal benefit; it's good for you."
in his driver had already left. "So
he opted to drive himself, which
was a foolish thing to do," Mill
said.
The fact that police had been
waiting for Rinn, however, made
Judge Hunter questioned whether
this was an exclusive incident,
however.
"Do you remember being before
The keys were on the mat, the
motor was off and the van was in
park, Vale said.
In addition to the 12-month driv
ing prohibition, Mitchell was fined
$750.
bile parked behind the hotel in
Brussels, with the keys in the igni
tion. When the owner discovered it
was missing, he and a friend fol
lowed the tracks to a field where
they saw Mawhinney, who then ran
away.
After catching up with him,
police were called. Vale said
Mawhinney, who was on probation
at the time of the incident, admitted
the theft to the officer.
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me and me saying you could drive
when you had problems getting to
work?" Hunter challenged. After
sentencing Rinn to a 90-day inter
Driving drunk
costs man $750
An East Wawanosh man is off
the road for a year after pleading
guilty to a charge of over 80 in
Wingham's provincial court,
Wednesday.
Attorney for the Crown Don Vale
of Sarnia told Judge Garry Hunter
that at 10:10 a.m. on Feb. 2, police
noticed a pickup truck travelling
Man pleads guilty to car theft
A former Brussels man will be
spending his weekends in jail for a
time, after pleading guilty to car
theft and possession of stolen prop
erty in Wingham's provincial court,
April 16.
Jeremy Pasztor, now of RR1,
Wroxeter was charged with stealing
a cellular phone from a motor vehi
cle on Sept. 3. Attorney for the
Crown Don Vale said Pasztor
turned the phone over to police,
Sept. 15.
On Nov. 22, at 6:55 p.m., Pasztor
took a car from a Mill Street, Brus
mittent sentence, the judge said,
"You get picked up again and it
won't be an intermittent sentence,
I'll tell you that."
north on Hwy 4 at a high rate oi
speed. The driver, Dennis Halla-
han, was stopped and after the offi
cer noticed signs of impairment,
and recovered a part bottle of
whiskey, was arrested and taken for
a breathalizer test. The readings
were 190 and 200.
Hallahan was also fined $750.
sels residence. He was later in an
accident, after failing to stop at a
stop sign.
Defense Counsel Alan Mill said
Pasztor, who now lives with his
grandparents, is enrolled in a pro
gram for youth employment which
runs until June 6. He asked that any
sentence be served on an intermit
tent basis.
Prior to passing sentence Judge
Garry Hunter was told that Pasztor
has a criminal record. In addition to
the time in jail, Pasztor will also
serve 12-month's probation.